Flos Olei is the most important international guide to the world's best extra virgin olive oils. It includes the greatest number of reviews of extra virgin oils from around the world.
The guide has proclaimed Istria the best olive-growing destination in the world several times, while Istrian oils account for 15% of all the oils presented in the guide. In 2018, as many as 77 oils from Croatia were included in the guide, of which 2 from Dalmatia and 75 from Istria.
After excellent results achieved in the previous years, in 2018, in the ninth edition of Flos Olei, Istria can boast 15 new olive growers. In the category "Truly Excellent Oils" there are 11 Istrian oils which were awarded 95 to 100 points, and in the category "Excellent Oils" there are as many as 18.
Oio de Buščina – Črnica produced by Enio Zubin from northwestern Istria is on the Top 20 list and was proclaimed the absolute winner in the category of monosort, medium intensive, fruity extra virgin olive oils.
The best olive growers in northwestern Istria
Again this year, the producers from northwestern Istria received excellent reviews:
- Enio Zubin Family Farm – Buščina: 97 points
- Ipša – Ipši: 97 points
- Mate – Savudrija: 97 points
- Giancarlo Zigante Family Farm – Buje: 96 points
- Franco Basiaco Family Farm – Buje: 95 points
- Buršić Family Farm – Brtonigla: 95 points
- Al Torcio – Novigrad: 94 points
- Babić – Novigrad: 92 points
- Cuj – Umag: 92 points
- Capo – Brtonigla: 91 bod
- Nino Činić Family Farm – Krasica: 91 points
- Cossetto – Buje: 91 points
- Ðino Antonac Family Farm – Grožnjan: 90 points
- Viviano Antolović Family Farm – Grožnjan: 89 points
- Marija Ipša/Casa Maršić Family Farm – Oprtalj: 89 points
- Primizia – Brtonigla: 89 points
- Rožana Červar – Novigrad: 88 points
- Čeko – Umag: 87 points
- Cernaz/Clai – Grožnjan: 87 points
- Boris Galić Family Farm – Grožnjan: 87 points
- Laguna Novigrad (Aminess) – Novigrad: 87 points
- Monterosso – Umag: 87 points
- Olive Charm – Umag: 87 points
- Davo Fero Family Farm – Motovun: 86 points
- Monticello – Grožnjan: 86 points
- Obitelj Diego Pucer – Grožnjan: 85 points
- Josip Franković Family Farm – Buje: 83 points
- Monte Cucco – Umag: 83 points
- Damaval – Brtonigla: 82 points
- Quieto – Novigrad: 82 points