PROMAS SA. Prize at the 2010 CUYOLIVA


September 30 at 11:00 pm., Teatro Independencia Mendoza City, was a presentation of "Italo-Argentina Academy of the Olive and Awards Contest Extra Virgin Olive Oil, CUYOLIVA 2010 and the Road Food and Olive Roads.

 There were 136 samples of Extra Virgin Olive Oils of Catamarca, La Rioja, Cordoba, Buenos Aires, Mendoza and Uruguay.

For increased accuracy in the evaluation of the samples involved, the organizers included support and oversight of olive House of Mendoza, Seminare Foundation, the Italian Chamber of Commerce de Mendoza, Juan Agustín Maza University - Faculty of Enology and Agribusiness , Catholic University of Cuyo - Don Bosco School Enology and Food Science, and the International School of Tourism, Hospitality and Gastronomy in Mendoza.

As a result of work of the evaluators of the different entities audited Cuyoliva Competition 2010, 97 awards were given: 6 Great Golden Olive, 71 Olive 20 Olive Gold and Silver.

Of oil awarded, 93 were obtained by the method of decanter and 4 press method were evaluated separately.

The awards are categorized into:


* Silver Olive, Extra Virgin olive oils scoring between 75 and 85 points.

* Golden Olive, Extra virgin olive oils with scores above 85 points.

* Great Golden Olive, winner of the category and score above 95 points.


PROMAS won the following awards:


• Varietal Arbequina Olive Gold

• Varietal Golden Olive Barnea

• Varietal Coratina Golden Olive

• Silver Olivo Proliv

• Olivo Proliv Silver Special Edition

• Special Mention by the community Varietal Coratina Corato Italy.

Promas winning again in the 4th edition of the International

Competition of Olive Oils, Olivinus Bicentennial.

We were awarded at:

prOliva Variedad Arbequina              Gran Prestigio ORO

prOliva Variedad Barnea                   ORO

prOliva Edicion Especial Blend            ORO

prOliva Blend                                   ORO

The same was attended by 15 countries and were awarded to 

Spain, Uruguay, Chile,Israel and Argentina. Awards won by 

regulation only 50% of the samples submitted. Among the 

prominent large we name our Barnea Varietal(Only awarded at

the variety) and Varietal Arbequina surprised with a 

reputation ORO.Everything was run by the prestigious 

Ing Raul Castellani who has extensive experience in oil 

and wine tasting.

On August 1st, the “Octava Fiesta Provincial de la Olivicultura” (the Eighth Olive Growing Provincial Festival) culminated in the Cuyoliva 2008 prize-giving ceremony at the Wine and Grape Harvest National Museum. Oils from different spots of the country took part in the competition- places such as Catamarca, La Rioja, San Juan, and all of Mendoza’s oases: Maipú, Lavalle, Luján, San Martín, Junín, Rivadavia and San Rafael.

The members of the Academic Panel were, among others, authorities of various institutions:

the City Council of Maipú, the Olive Chamber from Mendoza, the Italian Chamber of Commerce, Don Bosco Charity, Seminare Foundation, the Enology School of Juan Agustín Maza University, Cruz de Piedra Club, the Industry Department of the Agricultural Sciences School, Islas Malvinas International School of Gastronomy, Tourism, and Hotel Business from Mendoza.

The categories of the prices given in the Cuyoliva 2008 Extra Virgin Olive Oil National Contest was:

VARIETAL ARAUCO, VARIETAL FRANTOIO, VARIETAL ARBEQUINA, VARIETIES, BLEND.

Congratulation to all his collaborators for this mention!