An incredibly unique distinction of very high prestige, with the conquest of the 2nd and 3rd category places, was noted at the recognized international competition AIPO D'ARGENTO 2025 for Sakellaropoulos Organic Farms.
With two different olive oils in the top positions and 16 awards in total, they are the big winners of the international competition in Verona, Italy, promoting high-quality Greek olive growing around the world.
The announcement of these results is an incredible recognition for Sakellaropoulos Organic Farms in such a difficult and demanding global competition of high prestige.
It should be noted that the conquest of the two of the 3 first places in an entire category, with winners the gourmet olive oils by Sakellaropoulos Organic Farms, is a rare and historic event for Greek olive growing.
The 22nd edition of the competition took place in Verona, Italy, from 22 to 28 April 2025. AIPO D'ARGENTO has become a national reference point in Italy and one of the most important olive oil competitions in the world.
It was held for the first time in 2004 and is organized by the Interregional Olive Growers Association of Verona (AIPO) in collaboration with the Ministry of Agricultural Food and Forestry Policies (MIPAAF).
Since 2011, the AIPO tasting panel has been officially recognized by the Italian MIPAAF to certify the quality of the produced olive oils, after a precise analysis and evaluation of their organoleptic characteristics exclusively by the method of analysis of the International Olive Council (COI).
Thus, the panel of specialized judges of AIPO D'ARGENTO is characterized by vast experience, reliability and professionalism. After the preliminary chemical analysis of each olive oil, the panel of judges carries out the individual evaluation of each olive oil sample in four phases, carrying out continuous quality and organoleptic inspections until the final rating and classification of olive oils is created.
For 2025, there was a new record of participation for the competition of Verona, with more than five hundred (500) olive oils from many olive-producing countries with a very high level of quality, which shows the interest of the international olive industry for this competition, with its monthslong olive oil evaluation methods.
Sakellaropoulos Organic Farms were honored with the acquisition of 2 first places in an entire category of the competition, with exceptionally high scores that exceeded 95%, provided by the recognized judges of the Italian MIPAAF, as well as 16 unique awards in total for 2025, specifically:
TREASURE Blend evoo - 2o CLASSIFICATO 2025
TREASURE Blend evoo - Goccia D’ Oro
OLEOASTRON Gourmet Evoo - 3o CLASSIFICATO 2025
OLEOASTRON Gourmet Evoo - Goccia D’ Oro
It is worth noting that both of these gourmet olive oils belong to the three Finalist olive oils of their entire category.
At the same time, in the gourmet olive oil category of AIPO D'ARGENTO in Italy, another five (5) olive oils by Sakellaropoulos Organic Farms were honored with Goccia D'Oro awards, and scores exceeding 90%, which are:
MAJESTIC Blend evoo - Goccia D’ Oro
GEMSTONE Blend evoo - Goccia D’ Oro
MASTERPIECE Blend evoo - Goccia D’ Oro
SYLLEKTIKON Gourmet evoo - Goccia D’ Oro
Flavored Gourmet Enigma - Goccia D’Oro
At the same time, Sakellaropoulos Organic Farms received another extremely high distinction, also being awarded in the category of extra virgin olive oils, both for monovarietal and blend olive oils of the competition at Verona.
In particular, FYLLIKON First Harvest Organic evoo monovarietal olive oil, as well as the blends PLUS HEALTH GREEN evoo and PLUS HEALTH BLUE evoo, were awarded the Goccia D'Argento awards and a score exceeding 85%.
Finally, this great success at AIPO D'ARGENTO is completed by AGOURELAIO Early Harvest Organic evoo and ARMONIA Organic evoo, which were honored with Goccia Di Bronzo awards and excellent reviews from the experts of the Italian competition.
These sixteen (16) extremely rare and top awards in Verona, Italy for 2025, are a special honor for Sakellaropoulos Organic Farms, as they promote Greek olive growing at the international level and in the world's largest international competitions.
At the same time, at the international AIPO D'ARGENTO 2025, the unique number of 1.072 international awards for Sakellaropoulos Organic Farms was completed, a number that is an evolving world record..
