At the 30th International Olive and Olive Oil Quality Event ‘Liquid Green Gold of Istria’, the results of the Olive Oil Evaluation were announced.
As every year, we sent our young olive oil from the 2025 harvest to the Event for evaluation.
Our extra virgin olive oil received a Gold Medal with a score of 8.14. The winner received a score of 8.41. 98 samples were evaluated, and we took 26th place.
Cangarela Gold Medal 2026
We confirmed this good result at the end of March. At the 11th Olive Festival in Zagreb, a total of 323 olive oil samples were evaluated. Our extra virgin olive oil from the 2025 harvest received the Gold Medal for quality and took a high 49th place with 92.20 points out of 100 possible). The winner had 94.80 points.
Zoran Štefulj / Cangarela – gold medal 11th Olive Festival in Zagreb, 2026
This confirmed our belief that we are doing a good job and that we can be proud of the results. Welcome! Come and taste our extra virgin olive oil.
Most of our guests and friends have in mind the image of Istria and Košutići from the summer months. Hot, high sun, blue sky, greenery, or the grass in the meadows browned from drought. Swimming in the pool, sunbathing, or escaping to the shade from the too strong sun.
There is also that other image of Istria…
A few days ago we were returning to Košutići after spending the Christmas and New Year holidays with our children and grandchildren. It was a wonderful time full of laughter, joy at seeing each other and happiness at being together.
The road was… well, let’s say quite snowy. Snow by the road, snow on the road, a snowstorm, a strong bora.
Winter in Košutići – snow on highway
All of that was slowly behind us as we neared the end of the road.
Winter in Košutići – road sign
Winter in Košutići – narrow snowy road
Suddenly we realized that the snow around us was getting thicker, and that it was everywhere around us. The branches were bent under the weight of the wet snow. A rare sight that we ourselves had only seen a few times in the last twenty-five years in Košutići.
Our olive trees looked strange to us under the weight of the snow. The poor things looked more like sad willows than the cheerful trees that we so enjoy talking to all year round.
Winter in Košutići – Cangarela olives
Our yard didn’t look any more ‘summery’, if that word can be used for January.
Cangarela in winter – yard view
Cangarela in winter – olives in snow
We believe that few of our guests ever imagined that the village where they enjoy their summer could look like this.
Cangarela in winter – Villa 115
Cangarela in winter – Villa 115
Cangarela in winter – Villa 117
Cangarela in winter – Villa 117 yard view
Cangarela in winter – Villa 119 yard view
However, not everything is so terrible. The next morning we were greeted by much brighter pictures. The sun came out, we could see small birds, most of which had come to us to spend the winter, escaping the winter in the north.
Cangarela in winter – morning sun
Cangarela in winter – sunny morning view
And the deer, which normally stay away from people and villages, came closer to the houses to find something to eat. It seems they found something they liked under our olive trees.
Cangarela in winter – deer in olive trees
And everything seems warmer again. Summer isn’t that far away.
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