Andante in 2012

2012 Success in Los Angeles

Andante was awarded Gold and Best of Class for the second year running at the Los Angeles International Extra Virgin Olive Oil competition. Our Intenso, a single varietal Nocllara del Belice, was again adjudged the best of its kind at the world's largest and - we believe - most prestigious EVOO competition.

 

Two SA Olive Gold Medal winners.

Andante Delicate and Medium.

Andante Farm Prices

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or contact us:

Lisa Duminy, mobile ph nr 082 881 8228

Marnette Oostendorp, ph nr 021 424 5976

Willie Duminy, mobile ph nr 083 675 3466

Jan Hendrik Basson, mobile ph nr 079 511 1065

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Extra Virgin Olive Oil and Table Olives       Estate produced: Wêreldsgeluk, Porterville       Farm Price List - 15 August 2012 Extra Virgin Olive Oil: 'Andante Intenso' (Red Label) Excl VAT Incl VAT Monovarietal: Nocellara del Belice, Intensely Fruity    375 ml R 74.56 R 85.00 'Andante Forte' (Black Label) Private Blend of selected cultivars, Intensely Fruity 375 ml R 65.79 R 75.00 'Andante Delicate'  Aromatic delicate blend of selected cultivars    375 ml R 57.02 R 65.00 ‘Andante' Medium intensity blend of selected cultivars     500 ml    R 57.02 R 65.00     5 litre R 394.74 R 450.00 Flavoured Oil: 'Andante Tangerine'     250 ml      R 35.09 R 40.00 'Andante Blood Orange'     250 ml      R 35.09 R 40.00 'Andante Zesty Lemon'     250 ml      R 35.09 R 40.00 Table Olives: Nocellara del Belice - Green Table Olives     5 litre (+/- 3,5 kg Nett) R 140.35 R 160.00 Kalamata - Black Table Olives     5 litre (+/- 3,5 kg Nett) R 140.35 R 160.00 Mission - Black Table Olives     5 litre (+/- 3,5 kg Nett) R 105.26 R 120.00

Favourite uses of Andante

Andante Extra Virgin Olive Oil is an excellent finishing oil on all cooked meat, fish and vegetables. The Delicate Blend is sometimes preferred for fish and poultry, and the Medium Blend for meat and vegetables.
The Delicate wakes up - and the Medium shakes up - any salad, either on its own, or with balsamic vinegar or lemon juice. For a salad dressing with a difference try Andante Medium Blend with soya sauce and any citrus zest, lemon or orange!

We love either blend on steamed or boiled new potatos, or on fresh bread with a grinding of coarse salt. Often we taste and drink them neat - just on their own. 

Like all extra virgin olive oil Andante is an excellent, healthy cooking oil.  The Andante Medium is the preference for this application.

Three of our favourite dishes using Andante are – 

• Quails, marinated in Andante Medium, a good dash of soya sauce, fresh chilli (to taste) and some lemon or orange slices in a flat-bottomed cast iron “potjie”. After about an hour the “potjie” with the marinade goes into the pizza oven for 20 minutes to half an hour. Remove the birdlets and roast to golden brown on a rack in the pizza oven, basting continuously with the warm marinade! Serve with a fresh green salad dressed with Andante, soya sauce and citrus zest, new potatos or rice, and red peppers roasted in the pizza oven.
• Sirloin steak cut about 1,5 cm thick, marinated in Andante Medium and balsamic vinegar for half an hour. (Sometimes a dash of Tabasco or a couple of chopped fresh chillies find their way into the mix.)  Cook the steaks to taste in the pizza oven or over an open fire, basting with the marinade before turning. Serve with a fresh green salad dressed with Andante and balsamic vinegar, steamed seasonal vegetables drizzled with the Delicate, and new potatos boiled or roasted in a black pot with Andante Medium and fresh rosemary.
• Sardines or mackerel drizzled with Andante Medium and a turn or two of coarse salt, placed on a baking tray covered with slices of orange, and baked in the oven or pizza oven for 8 minutes or so. Serve as a starter or a snack with a glass of cold white wine.

2011 Awards

Andante has had great success in 2011.

First, in June, there was Gold and Best of Class at the LA International Extra Virgin Olive Oil Competition. The LA competition is the biggest in the world and our Nocellara del Belice won the Robust/Intense cultivar category.

In August the Andante Medium Blend and the Andante Delicate Blend both won Gold at the SA Olive Awards. A Premium extra virgin olive oil we made for Olive Pride came in with a Silver.

And in September Andante won First Prize and the Consumers' Choice awards at the tenth Marco Zichella Awards. The Consumers' Choice is really voted on by producers and it was very satisfying knowing that our friends and peers enjoyed our oil.