An incredibly unique and very prestigious distinction, with the winning of 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd place in table olives and gourmet olive oils, was achieved in the recognized international competition AIPO D'ARGENTO 2026 for Sakellaropoulos Organic Farms.

With thirty (30) awards in total, they are the major winners of the international competition in Verona, Italy, promoting high-quality Greek olive farming throughout the world.

The announcement of these results, with 5 competition winners, 2 Finalist, 2 Gran Goccia D’ Oro, 16 Goccia D’ Oro, 1 Goccia D’ Argento and 4 Goccia Di Bronzo awards, constitutes an incredible and complete victory for Greece, Sparta and Sakellaropoulos Organic Farms in such a difficult and demanding global competition of high prestige, in Verona, Italy.

It should be noted that winning all three (3) first places in an entire category of table olives and gourmet olive oils, in the international and major competition in Italy, with the olive products by Sakellaropoulos Organic Farms as winners, constitutes a rare and historic event in international olive growing.

The 23^rd edition of the competition took place in Verona, Italy, from 18 to 26 April 2026. AIPO D'ARGENTO has become a national reference point in Italy and one of the most important olive oil and table olive 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 and olives, the panel of judges carries out the individual evaluation of each sample in four phases, carrying out continuous quality and organoleptic inspections until the final rating and classification of olive oils is created.

For 2026, 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 winning all three (3) first places in table olives as well as 1^st and 3^rd place in gourmet olive oils, while the 2^nd place overall ranking in organic and monovarietal olive oils of the entire competition is extremely honorable.

This event is considered unprecedented for Greek olive oils and olives, combined with extremely high scores that exceeded 96% from the recognized judges of MIPAAF of Italy, but also with 30 unique awards in total for 2026, which are:

1^st Winner - 1^o CLASSIFICATO 2026

MASTERPIECE Blend evoo - GRAN Goccia D’ Oro

MASTERPIECE Blend evoo gourmet olive oil ranked 1^st place among all the competing olive oils in the Italian competition, in the GOURMET – FLAVORED category, with a score that exceeded 98%..

1^st Winner - 1^o CLASSIFICATO 2026

KALAMATA Organic Olives - GRAN Goccia D’ Oro

The organic KALAMATA table olives by Sakellaropoulos ranked 1^st place among all the competing table olives in the Italian competition, with a score that exceeded 98%..

2^nd Winner- 2^o CLASSIFICATO 2026

ARMONIA organic evoo - Goccia D’ Oro

It is worth noting that the organic monovarietal olive oil ARMONIA ranked 2^nd among all the competing olive oils in the Italian competition, in the BIOLOGICO (organic) and MONOVARIETALE (monovarietal) categories, with a score of 96%, while it is the only olive oil that represented Greece in these categories, among the major winners.

2^nd Winner- 2^o CLASSIFICATO 2026

AGOUROELIES Natural Olives - Goccia D’ Oro

The natural table olives AGOUROELIES by Sakellaropoulos ranked 2^nd place among all the competing table olives of the Italian competition, with a score that exceeded 96%.

3^rd Winner - 3^o CLASSIFICATO 2026

TREASURE Blend evoo - Goccia D’ Oro

 Treasure Blend evoo ranked 3^rd best gourmet olive oil in Italy's 2026 competition, with a score exceeding 95%..

3^rd Winner - 3^o CLASSIFICATO 2026

PINELIES Gourmet Olives - Goccia D’ Oro

The gourmet table olives PINELIES by Sakellaropoulos ranked 3^rd place among all the competing table olives in the Italian competition, with a score that exceeded 95%.

At the same time, in the gourmet olive oils and table olives category of AIPO D'ARGENTO 2026 in Italy, another twelve (12) olive oils and olives by Sakellaropoulos Organic Farms were honored with Goccia D'Oro awards, and scores exceeding 90%, which are:
 

Gourmet Olive Oils

Flavored Gourmet Enigma -  Goccia D’ Oro

OLEOASTRON Gourmet Evoo -  Goccia D’ Oro

MAJESTIC Blend evoo - Goccia D’ Oro

GEMSTONE Blend evoo - Goccia D’ Oro

SYLLEKTIKON Gourmet evoo - Goccia D’ Oro

Natural Table Olives

TELIES gourmet olives – Goccia D’ Oro

VALSAMIKES gourmet olives – Goccia D’ Oro

PRASINES natural olives – Goccia D’ Oro

LEMONENIES gourmet olives – Goccia D’ Oro

PORTOKALENIES gourmet olives – Goccia D’ Oro

MILENIES gourmet olives – Goccia D’ Oro

GOUSTO gourmet olives – Goccia D’ Oro

It should be noted that the winning of three (3) first places and seven gold awards in table olives, an entire category, happens for the first time in history in the international and major Italian competition AIPO D'ARGENTO, proving once again that the organic table olives by Sakellaropoulos Organic Farms are the most awarded olives in the world..

Finally, in the very special category of Blend (multivarietal) and extra virgin olive oils of the Verona competition, where Italian and Spanish olive oils dominate and any award is considered a great success, Sakellaropoulos Organic Farms were awarded with all five (5) olive oils with which they participated, which are:

PLUS HEALTH DMB – Goccia D’ Argento

FYLLIKON First Harvest Organic Evoo – Goccia Di Bronzo

AGOURELAIO Early Harvest Organic evoo – Goccia Di Bronzo

PLUS HEALTH GREEN evoo – Goccia Di Bronzo

PLUS HEALTH BLUE evoo – Goccia Di Bronzo

All these extremely rare and top awards in Verona, Italy for 2026, are a special honor for Sakellaropoulos Organic Farms, as they promote Greek and Spartan olive growing at the international level and in the world's largest international competitions.

At the same time, at the international AIPO D'ARGENTO 2026, the unique number of 1.283 international awards for Sakellaropoulos Organic Farms was completed, a number that is an evolving world record in major and prestigious international competitions around the world.