Geelong Region Olives

Artisan olive oil | Award-Winning | Sustainability-Driven

Extra virgin olive oil

Geelong region, Victoria

Surf Coast · Otways

Bellarine · Golden Plains

Best EVOO in Victoria

AIOA 2025

Grown with farmers

across the region

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Silver · AIOA 2025Gold · AIOA 2022
Surf Coast415 mg/kg polyphenolsMMO Estate Tuscan $30
Gold · AIOA 2025Silver · AIOA 2021
Surf Coast433 mg/kg polyphenolsMMO Estate Spanish $30
2025 FORTE · Best EVOO Victoria
Bellarine Peninsula559 mg/kg polyphenolsFORTE 559 $60
2025 FORTE · Best EVOO Victoria
Otway Ranges507 mg/kg polyphenolsFORTE 507 $60
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Australian International Olive Awards
2025Best EVOO in VictoriaFORTE Frantoio 2025PlatinumChampion, Robust class93/100FORTE Frantoio 2025PlatinumReserve Champion, Italian varietal92/100FORTE Frantoio 2025Gold88/100MMO Estate Spanish 2025Silver84/100MMO Estate Tuscan 2024Reserve Champion, Other varietalGRO Verdale 2023Best Australian EVOOBundara View Koroneiki 2023Best EVOO of Show, CommercialBundara View Koroneiki 2023Best EVOO, Southern HemisphereBundara View Koroneiki 2023Best EVOO in VictoriaBundara View Koroneiki 2022Gold88/100Mt Moriac Estate Tuscan 2022Gold86/100Mt Duneed Estate Blend 2021Gold87/100Barwon River Olives Tuscan 2021Silver82/100Mt Moriac Estate Spanish 2020Champion, Italian varietalGolden Plains Taggiasca 2020Gold91/100Golden Plains Taggiasca 2020Silver83/100Mt Moriac Estate Spanish

Australian International Olive Awards

A small producer with a long run at the national awards. Each award belongs to the oil from that year.

2026 · Platinum for Masons Creek

Platinum for Masons Creek Estate Blend (92). Gold for Mt Moriac Spanish (86). Silver for FORTE 559 in two classes (83), FORTE 507 (82) and Verdale (81).

Platinum, Masons Creek Estate Blend

92

points out of 100

2025 · Best EVOO in Victoria

FORTE Frantoio: Best EVOO Victoria, Champion Robust EVOO (93) and Reserve Champion Italian Varietal (92). Gold for MMO Estate Spanish (88), silver for MMO Estate Tuscan (84).

FORTE Frantoio, Champion Robust

93

points out of 100

2024 · Reserve Champion

Reserve Champion Other Varietal for Verdale (87). Barwon River Spanish Blend scored 86, and Barwon River Frantoio took bronze (74).

Verdale, Reserve Champion

87

points out of 100

2023 · Best EVOO of Show

Bundara View Koroneiki: Best EVOO of Show (commercial volume), Best Australian EVOO, Best Southern Hemisphere EVOO, Best EVOO Victoria and Champion Greek Varietal.

Bundara View Koroneiki, Gold

95

points out of 100

2022 · Two golds

Gold for Mt Moriac Estate Tuscan (88) and Mt Duneed Estate Blend (86).

Mt Moriac Estate Tuscan, Gold

88

points out of 100

2021 · Gold for Barwon River

Gold for Barwon River Olives Tuscan (87), silver for Mt Moriac Estate Spanish (82).

Barwon River Olives Tuscan, Gold

87

points out of 100

2020 · Champion Italian Varietal

Champion Italian Varietal and gold for Golden Plains Taggiasca (91). Silver for Mt Moriac Estate Spanish (83).

Golden Plains Taggiasca, Gold

91

points out of 100

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FEATURED PRODUCTS

High Polyphenol EVOO

FORTE 507 - Otway Ranges

Strong green salad flavours and a lasting pepperiness.

  • Single Variety
  • High Polyphenol
  • Limited Release
  • Polyphenols507 mg/kg
  • HarvestedJun 2026

Surf Coast

MMO Pantry Pack

Selection of estate extra virgin olive oils in a convenient pack.

  • Tuscan · Med · Spanish
  • Medium to robust
  • HarvestedMay 2025

Value packs

Bundle the range

Across the water to Point Lonsdale on the Bellarine

The Full Regional Experience Pack

Barwon River Olives Tuscan extra virgin olive oil, 500 ml bottle

BRO Tuscan

500 mL · 293 mg/kg polyphenols

  • Mild & fruity
  • Low bitterness
$285Shop individually

3.5 L lasts about 3 months at 30 mL a day in the kitchen

7 products, one of each · 3.5 L in total

Grown in the Geelong region Lab-tested every harvest Sheep-grazed groves Solar & rainwater powered Produced by Farmers. Sold by Farmers. Awarded Best EVOO in Victoria 2025

About Geelong Region Olives

Our story

Our Story

A tractor among olive trees

38°16′S —144°07′E

Geelong Region Olives grew from the Mt Moriac grove in Modewarre, in the hinterland behind the Surf Coast. Since the early 2000s the grove has been worked on a ridge of rich volcanic soil, with a focus on healthy soils and fresh oil.

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Modewarre, City of Greater Geelong, Wadawurrung Country.

Grower leaning on a tractor
ModewarreSurf CoastVictoria

Mt Moriac

Stewardship

Growers walking through the grove

Nurtured by nature

Sheep graze between the trees, managing the grass and fertilising the trees. Prunings are mulched, composted and returned beneath the trees, and native plantings through the groves bring in biodiversity.

Our farming practices →
Harvest bins on a truck
Solar powerRainwaterZero waste

Sustainability

Nothing wasted

Olive pulp from pressing is composted on site, and the pits fuel the processing machinery. The oil store and office run on solar power and captured rainwater.

Restaurants we supply are on a zero-waste refill system, and bottles can be refilled at our market stalls.

Australian Farming

A grower standing in the grove

Produced by farmers. Sold by farmers.

From 2018, Stephen Parker began working with other growers in the region. Some of the groves had been abandoned. He now manages those groves and leases the trees, and harvests from groves across Victoria's west coast.

Each brand keeps its grove's name, so the oil carries its place.

From Stephen Parker's Melbourne Food and Wine profile (2025).

Olive trees in an open grove
Surf CoastBellarineOtways

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Where it's grown

One region, very different groves

Tap a region to see what the land does to the oil.

Corio Bay Port Phillip Bass StraitGeelong Torquay

Pins mark the approximate grove areas.

01 · Spicier

Bellarine Peninsula

Water on three sides, salt in the air, and the home of FORTE 559.

Landscape
Flat, open country with water on three sides and very little shelter from it.
Climate
Coastal and exposed, with salt in the air.
In the glass
Cleaner and noticeably spicier than oils pressed further inland, with a bite that arrives early.
FORTE 559 variety
Corregiola
Growing
Dryland, no synthetic sprays or fertilisers
2026 harvest
8 May (FORTE 559)

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02 · Stronger

Otway Ranges

Higher, cooler and wetter. The home of FORTE 507.

Landscape
Bambra, in the Otway foothills: a steep, north-facing hillside sheltered by dense forest to the south and east.
Climate
Higher, cooler and wetter.
In the glass
The most assertive oils GRO presses, with pungency that builds slowly rather than hitting straight away.
Location
Bambra, Otway foothills
Aspect
Steep, north-facing
Variety
Frantoio
2026 harvest
14 June (FORTE 507)

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03 · Sweeter

Surf Coast

Where Mt Moriac Olives began, and where the estate oils still grow.

Landscape
The hinterland behind the coast, on Mt Moriac's mineral-rich basalt soils.
Climate
Cool hinterland, cooled by coastal air.
In the glass
Softer, rounder oils with less bite.
Varieties
Frantoio, Leccino, Picual, Arbequina
Original planting
1,500 trees on 6 ha
2026 harvest
June (estate oils)

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