Olyvenbosch Olive Farm

General information

Olyvenbosch Olive Farm on the slopes of the Paarl mountain range in the Western Cape region of South Africa is a family owned farm that grows and produces olives & award winning extra virgin olive oil under the quality standards of the SA Olive Association.

Olyvenbosch has pioneered and introduced a successful 'bag in a box' packaging to their product, which gives the consumer a practical, hygienic & controlled tap dispenser and guarantees that the quality extra virgin olive oil contents retains its freshness until the last drop.

When the farm was purchased in 2004 by the van Eyssen family, it was planted with 22ha of table grapes supplying the export table grape market.

During the first 4 years additions were made to the lifestyle component of the farm and in 2009 a strategic business diversification decision was made to remove 5ha of table grapes and replant 2650 olive trees.The following year another 5000 trees were planted to undeveloped land. The farm is currently (2014) under 10ha of table grapes and 17.5ha of olive trees (8626 in total).

A tree line of 350 olive trees started producing a small harvest of olives which produced 150L of olive oil in 2009.
In 2010 Olyvenbosch Extra Virgin Olive Oil was branded in a 2L "On Tap" bag in a box and 1500L was sold out in 5 months.
The farm invested in it's own imported olive oil press and, buying in selected olive varieties produced 10 000 L of award winning extra virgin olive oil in the first year of pressing.