AyO Wins Three Medals in Napa + Our Mid-Year Resolutions
We're pleased to share that Rancho Azul y Oro has been honored with three medals in the Napa Valley Olive Oil Competition: A Silver Medal for our Estate Extra Virgin Olive Oil, a Silver Medal for our Orange-Infused Olive Oil, and a Bronze Medal for our Lemon-Infused Olive Oil. With this announcement comes the end of our competition year, a full-court press to finish bottling and labeling, taking advantage of every opportunity to market and share the oil with you (Translation: Buy Olive Oil). This stage also causes us to review and reflect upon how we can improve things next year, call it our New Year's in May: Avoid rookie mistakes: Review established procedures each year and follow them to avoid errors we made when we were newbies that shouldn't be happening. Most mistakes happen when we're in a hurry and there is a price to be paid for haste. Refine and Rework: Crafting recipes to infuse olive oil is rocket science, combined with art, as are many bus...