Picked June 2026Barwon River Region500 ml or 1 litre

From Sweet Water Comes Sweet Fruit

Barwon River Olives

A mild, fruity extra virgin olive oil from Wallington, high above Lake Connewarre.

Barwon River · Limited release

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

Barwon River Olives Tuscan extra virgin olive oil, 1 litre can

Barwon River Tuscan

Polyphenols: 293 mg/kg
Picked: 3 Jun 2026
Lab ref: AU 26/1021-3

A mild, fruity Tuscan-style extra virgin olive oil from Barwon River Olives on the Bellarine Peninsula. It's nicely balanced with low bitterness, which makes it a good everyday oil for dressings, mayonnaise and vinaigrettes, where you want the fruit to...

Best for

Dressings, mayonnaise and vinaigrettes.

Grown

Wallington, Bellarine Peninsula, above Lake Connewarre.

Sizes

500 ml bottle or 1 litre can.

Shipping

Orders are dispatched within 1–3 business days via Australia Post. Shipping is calculated at checkout from your postcode, and orders of $150 or more ship free Australia-wide. Full shipping policy

The release

Barwon River Tuscan is the gentle one: mild, fruity and nicely balanced, with low bitterness. Reach for it when you want olive oil in a dressing, mayonnaise or vinaigrette without it taking over.

Wallington · Bellarine Peninsula

The place

Wallington, high above Lake Connewarre

Barwon River Olives is a boutique grove in Wallington on the Bellarine Peninsula, high above Lake Connewarre. From sweet water, comes sweet fruit.

Grove: Wallington, Bellarine Peninsula
Overlooks: Lake Connewarre, on the lower Barwon River
The lake: Estuarine, joined to the sea by the Barwon River estuary
Wetland: Part of a Ramsar-listed wetland of international importance
Weather: Coastal, with salt in the air
This oil: Mild and fruity, low bitterness

How the place shows in the oil

01

The olive comes first

In a three-year study of oils from two olive varieties grown at two sites, the oils were told apart first by variety, then by where they were grown. Variety sets the baseline.

02

Then the site

GRO finds Bellarine oils cleaner and spicier than oils pressed further inland. This Tuscan blend sits at the gentle end of that: fruity and balanced, with low bitterness.

03

And the season

Bitterness, pepper and polyphenols fall as olives ripen, so picking time changes the oil each year. This release was picked in June 2026.

Sources: Lake Connewarre · Lower Barwon wetlands, VEWH · variety and site study (2021). Tasting notes are GRO's own.

In the kitchen

What to use it with

Mild, fruity oils work best where you want olive oil to support the food rather than lead it.

01Best for

Vinaigrettes

Low bitterness keeps a vinaigrette balanced, so the vinegar or citrus stays bright.

Start at 3 parts oil to 1 part vinegar

02Best for

Mayonnaise and aioli

A mild oil keeps homemade mayonnaise smooth rather than sharp.

03Best for

Salad dressings

For leafy salads, where a stronger oil can overpower delicate greens.

04Also

Fish and seafood

Lighter, fruity oils suit delicate fish and seafood. Drizzle just before serving.

05Also

Fresh vegetables

Over tomatoes, cucumber or blanched greens with a pinch of salt.

06Want more bite?

Try something bolder

For bitter and peppery, try FORTE or Mason's Creek Estate Blend.

From grove to bottle

From the June harvest to the bottle.

Picked in June

This release comes from the June 2026 harvest.

This release

HarvestedJune 2026

Polyphenols293 mg/kg

Lab refAU 26/1021-3

Pressed, nothing wasted

Pulp from pressing is composted and the olive pits are used to fuel the machinery.

Lab-tested

This release measured 293 mg/kg of total polyphenols, lab ref AU 26/1021-3.

Bottle or can

Available in a 500 ml bottle or a 1 litre can.

Before you buy

How it compares with a supermarket bottle

Not every supermarket oil is the same, and plenty are good. These are the things worth checking on any bottle, and how this one answers them.

Check	Barwon River Tuscan	Many supermarket bottles
Harvest date	June 2026, shown on this page	Often a best-before date only, usually set about two years from bottling rather than from harvest
Where it's grown	One grove: Wallington, Bellarine Peninsula	Often a blend, sometimes from several countries. Much of the olive oil sold in Australia is imported
Lab result	293 mg/kg polyphenols, lab ref AU 26/1021-3	Rarely published
Taste	Described: mild, fruity, low bitterness	Sometimes a mild, medium or robust guide

On best-before and harvest dates: Olive Oil Times. Olive oil grades and labelling in Australia are set out in Australian Standard AS 5264-2011.

Stewardship

Looking after the land

How Geelong Region Olives farms and presses. Practices vary from grove to grove.

01Grazing

Sheep in the grove

Rotational sheep grazing manages the grass and fertilises the trees.

02Soil

Prunings go back

Prunings are mulched, composted and returned beneath the trees. Organic liquid compost supports soil life.

03Biodiversity

Native plantings

Native plantings through the grove encourage a balanced ecosystem.

04Energy

Sun and rain

The oil store and office run on solar power and captured rainwater.

05Waste

Nothing from the press is wasted

Olive pulp is composted on site and the pits fuel the processing machinery. Restaurants GRO supplies are on a zero-waste refill system, and bottles can be refilled at GRO's market stalls.

06Community

590 L

From Geelong's backyard trees

GRO pressed 590 litres of oil for a Geelong community olive harvest, part of 4.5 tonnes of backyard olives saved from waste that year.

From GRO's farming practices. Community harvest: City of Greater Geelong.

Good to know

Where is it grown?

At Barwon River Olives in Wallington, on the Bellarine Peninsula, high above Lake Connewarre.

How should I store it?

Somewhere cool and dark with the cap on, away from the stove. Olive oil doesn't improve with age, so open it and use it.

How fast will it arrive?

Orders are dispatched within 1–3 business days via Australia Post. Shipping is calculated at checkout from your postcode, and orders of $150 or more ship free Australia-wide. Full shipping policy