Portion 36 Olive Orchard     Devonvale      Stellenbosch

 


Birgitta and Arend Hofmeyr

Visits to Portion 36 can be arranged by appointment - click the Contact page for details.

EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL FACTS
Want to learn more about cooking with Extra Virgin Olive Oil? Click HERE and meet South African Olive Oil Expert Linda Costa.


Click HERE for Linda's Recipe:
Labneh Dip- Extra Virgin Olive Oil with Labneh yoghurt, herbs and spices.

 

Do you have questions about olive home curing?
Read the Kalamata Guide.

 

Watch the Video
A DAY WE PICKED CORATINA
Click HERE

 

 

 

Watch the Video
HOW TO OPEN YOUR CAN
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Open your heart to Olives!

Portion 36 Olive Orchard is a small boutique olive farm located in Devonvale,
7 km outside Stellenbosch in the Western Cape, South Africa. Portion 36 Olive Orchard is owned and run by Arend and Birgitta Hofmeyr.

There are nearly 2000 olive trees in our orchard. We planted the trees ourselves in 2007. We farm organically and feed the trees natural composts. Good soil and happy and healthy trees produce good quality olives.

At Portion 36 we use both modern technology and old fashioned common sense – a combination that results in wonderful olives and a grateful environment. We love fresh and natural olive products, we pick our olives by hand and all products are made by us on the farm.

We make mono varietal Extra Virgin olive oils from five different cultivars. Visit our Olive Oils page for more information. We have our own olive mill and besides making oil from our own olives we offer milling for other small producers.

We also make natural Kalamata and Nocellara table olives in a salt brine. See our Table Olives page for more information.

 

Portion 36's Extra Virgin Olive Oils 2024

The 2024 Extra Virgin Olive Oil were made from Coratina, Favolosa, Frantoio, Leccino and Delicata olives. At the moment (September 2024) we are sold out of most oils.
Click here for online ordering.

Our Olive Oil Cultivars

DELICATA, CORATINA, FAVOLOSA, FRANTOIO, LECCINO

The name of the oils are the same as the olive cultivars, we use only one cultivar for each oil. There are several hundreds of different cultivars in the world. We have chosen to grow these cultivars because we like the style of oil they make, often robust with distinct bitterness and pepperiness but not always. Each of our oil has its own character and together they offer a different and educational tasting experience.
We comply to SA Olives standards for Extra Virgin Olive Oil which is displayed through the small green sticker on our label, the CTC label.