Only a small group of Šolta olive growers meet all the requirements for the production of Šolta olive oil with certified organic production and a protected designation of origin.
Anka and Zlatko Burić, the oldest Šolta organic olive growers, who cultivate 150 Šoltanka trees and 100 Oblica trees, are both retired and spend every free minute in a beautiful olive grove with a view of the neighboring islands of Vis and Hvar, she is a teacher and professional chef, and he is a civil engineer. They wish that their grandson would one day come to live on the “most beautiful island in the world”.
OPG Zlatko and Anka Burić
21430 MASLINICA, Dom. Rata 77
Mob. 098 9659 011
The largest olive oil producer on Šoltan, Filip Marinković, a maritime engineer, with 300 Šoltanka trees and 200 Oblica trees that he planted and cultivated together with his mother Dragica and father Marina, excellent olive growers who have spent their entire lives with olives. His goal is to have 1,000 trees and become a professional olive oil evaluator.
OPG Filip Marinković
21432 GORNJE SELO, Put Rakove 1,
Mob. 098 919 5311
Alen Jakupčević with 240 trees in organic production since 2011. He got into olive growing 15 years ago when he fell in love and got married on Šolta, but then in the true sense: he passed the olive grove, winegrower and winemaker exam. Living from agriculture and tourism is his ideal and a good solution for life on the island of Šolta.
OPG Alen Jakupčević,
21432 GORNJE SELO, Put Križica 17
Mob.099 2124 029
Bernardin Peroš, former university professor, dean of the faculty and vice-rector of the University of Split, today professor emeritus, has always been involved in olive growing on the family farm in addition to his profession. In the last year he switched to organic production. Today he keeps 140 Šoltanka trees and 80 old Oblic trees. He transferred his professional ambitions to olive growing with the aim of leaving his mark there as well.
OPG Bernardin Peroš
21432 GORNJE SELO, Kalebićeva 47,
Mob.: 098 989 7555
Nikola Cecić Karuzić, Mayor of the Municipality of Šolta for the third term, a mechanical engineer, spent his working life in management positions in the metal industry. The family has been involved in olive growing since time immemorial, he and his wife Marinka keep 200 Šoltanka trees. In the last year, he is switching to organic production. The goal is to get his son, and as many other young Šoltans as possible, involved in the production of premium quality organic extra virgin olive oil.
OPG Nikola Cecić Karuzić
21430 GROHOTE, Put brda 25
Tel. 021 659-238
Mob. 091 6532 102
“Our olive oils come from a relatively small, but climatically and geologically complex and diverse area of the island of Šolta. Now you have the opportunity to be creative and enjoy these oils in hundreds of combinations with top-quality dishes,” it was said at the promotion in Split. Zlatko Burić, a member of the agile olive growing association “Zlatna Šoltanka”, which in 2016 obtained European protection of origin for Šolta olive oil, points out: “One of the oldest defined goals of the ‘Zlatna Šoltanka’ association is the affirmation of Dalmatia as a top olive growing region, improving production and raising the quality of Dalmatian olive oils. We looked for and found like-minded people – enthusiastic, ambitious and hardworking Dalmatian olive growers and experts who were already working towards the same goal in their own way, with whom we developed the brand and perfected production.”
