California Olive Oil Council And San Diego Bay Wine and
Food Festival Announce Winners Of Annual Olive Oil Competition

San Diego, CA (Nov. 21, 2007) - Producers of the San Diego Bay Wine & Food Festival and the California Olive Oil Council (COOC) are pleased to announce winners from its annual Olive Oil Competition November 15 & 16 in San Diego. Taking Best of Show top honors this year is the Jovia Farms Arbequina in the Extra Virgin Olive Oil category, said Patricia Darragh, executive director at the COOC.

"There was a wonderful turnout from California-based olive oil producers and we are thrilled to recognize their achievements at the San Diego Bay Wine & Food Festival," added Darragh. "The competition is a wonderful platform for exposure and introduces their products to over 4,000 wine and food enthusiasts in town for the week-long event."

Attendees at the San Diego Bay Wine & Food Festival had an opportunity to meet with COOC Tasting Panel members and learn the structure and process of olive oil tasting at the Tasting Tent located within the Grand Event on November 17. Over 1,000 festival attendees went through the tent which featured producers whose oils are judged in the competition as well as a wide variety of oils from around the world.
This year's winners include:

BEST OF SHOW - Extra Virgin Olive Oil Category
· Jovia Farms Arbequina

GOLD MEDALS - Extra Virgin Olive Oil Category
· Clif Bar Family Farm Tuscan Blend
· Folio Wine Company Tuscan Blend
· Jaeger Family Olive Oil French and Italian varietals
· Katz & Co Katz Rock Hill Ranch Italian varietals
· Katz and Co Katz Chef's Pick Italian varietals
· Pietra Santa Winery Italian varietals
· Regolio Tuscan Blend

SILVER MEDALS - Extra Virgin Olive Oil Category
· Grazia Elixir Olive Oil
· Tenacia Elixir Olive Oil
· California Olive Oil Company Mission/Manzanillo blend
· Carmody McKnight Estate Wines Tuscan blend
· Carriage Vineyards Manzanillo
· Corto Olive Arbequina
· Fresno State Orchards Arbequina/Arbosana
· Gold Hill Olive Oil Italian varietals
· Long Meadow Ranch Italian varietals
· Olea Farms Arbequina
· Olio Nuevo Arbequina
· Oliodessa Olive Oils/Carneros Olive Oil Co. Tuscan blend
· Oliodessa Olive Oils Koroneiki
· Pasolivo Olive Oil Mission/Manzanillo blend
· Pasolivo Olive Oil Tuscan blend
· Roy Estate Tuscan Blend
· San Antonio Valley Olive Ranch Arbequina
· Storm Olive Ranch (Katz and Co) Italian varietals

BRONZE MEDALS - Extra Virgin Olive Oil Category
· Allegra Elixir Olive Oil
· Allure Estates Tuscan Blend
· Calolea Extra Virgin Olive Oil Early Harvest Manzanilla
· Olea Farms Italian varietals
· Olio Bello d'Oliva Tuscan Blend
· Oliodessa Olive Oils Mission blend
· Robbins Family Farms Ascolano
· Woodencloak Farms "Finicky Friar" Mission

SILVER MEDALS - Flavored Oil Category
· Oliodessa Olive Oils Lemon - Eureka Lemons and Tuscan olives
· Pasolivo Olive Oil Lemon - Tuscan and Lemon oil
· Pasolivo Olive Oil Lime - Tuscan and Lime oil

BRONZE MEDALS - Flavored Oil Category
· Robbins Family Farms Eve's Mandarin - Late Harvest Mission and Mandarin Orange

The COOC Tasting Panel as well as local chefs judged the competition, featuring submissions from California olive oil producers, and awarded in categories for extra virgin, and flavored olive oils.

ABOUT THE CALIFORNIA OLIVE OIL COUNCIL
The COOC was founded in 1992. The COOC is a non-profit trade and marketing association whose purpose is to promote the growing of olives and the production of olive oil in California. The COOC supports certified olive oil standards and provides grower, producer and consumer education. For additional information, on the COOC and their seal certification program please visit www.cooc.com.

ABOUT SAN DIEGO BAY WINE & FOOD FESTIVAL
The San Diego Bay Wine & Food Festival is an international showcase of the world's premier wine and spirits producers, chefs and culinary personalities, and gourmet foods. Held November 14-18, 2007, the event benefits the American Institute of Wine & Food culinary arts scholarship program. Over 700 wines, 60 of San Diego's top fine dining restaurants and 30 gourmet food companies and exhibitors participated in the 2007 Festival. Now in its fourth year, the San Diego Bay Wine & Food Festival has quickly grown into a world-class wine and culinary extravaganza. The five-day festival features wine tasting seminars, cooking classes by award- winning chefs, and an elegant Reserve Tasting at one of San Diego's finest hotels. The festival culminates on Saturday at the star-studded Grand Tasting Event and Fine Wine/Lifestyle Auction complete with dueling chef demonstration stages, celebrity cookbook signing tents, Cost Plus entertainment tent, and more. For more information visit www.worldofwineevents.com.

ABOUT WORLD OF WINE EVENTS
World of Wine Events, LLC is an event management and festival production company specializing in the creation of world-class wine and culinary trade and consumer events. World of Wine Events provides strategic guidance, logistics, operations, marketing, and industry insights for winery and spirits road shows, distributor trade tastings, as well as large format tasting and lifestyle festivals. World of Wine Events is the producer of the San Diego Bay Wine & Food Festival, Southern California's largest wine and culinary extravaganza. More information on World of Wine Events and the San Diego Bay Wine & Food Festival may be found by contacting Michelle Metter at 619-602-9789 or by visiting www.worldofwineevents.com.

San Diego Bay Wine & Food Festival
Michelle Metter
619-602-9789
mmetter@worldofwineevents.com