A Family Story
Our family owns the Grand-Koïkas olive grove, located in Sicyonia, in the northeast of the Peloponnese, not far from Corinth.
We are of Franco-Greek origin. Our Greek family comes from two regions facing each other across the Gulf of Corinth: Boeotia and Sicyonia / Corinthia.
Our ancestors have owned olive trees since time immemorial. When my father left for France, our Boeotian family inherited my grandmother's olive trees.
We decided with my wife to reconnect with the family tradition and we took over the family olive grove in Kiato, more precisely in the place called Kokkinia.
Our family now owns an olive grove of 3 hectares consisting of 300 olive trees, about a hundred orange trees and a few almond trees. We produce a high-quality monovarietal extra virgin olive oil, in small quantities, using biodynamic agriculture. The olive grove faces the Corinthian Sea. On the other side of the sea arm, you can see the 2 mountains where Homer and Hesiod located the resort of the muses: Mount Parnassus and Mount Helicon.
The olive grove is located on the foothills of Mount Cyllene, birthplace of Hermes at an altitude of less than 100 meters. The olive grove is surrounded by fields of fruit trees: orange trees, lemon trees, apricot trees, olive trees in a dry, arid but green landscape. Cypresses and pines are numerous. Oregano, marjoram, wild tea, and lemon balm grow naturally there. The Mediterranean climate is mild in winter and very hot in summer with reduced rainfall.
The Grand-Koïkas Family
Four generations
Christos
Koïkas
(1889 – 1910)
Eleni
Christodoulou-Koïka
(1863 - ?)
Ioannis
Koïkas
(1905 – 1988)
Pagona
Tzatha-Koïka
(1911 – 1999)
Loukas
Koïkas
(1950)
Monique
Koïkas
(1949)
Yannis
Koïkas
(1974)
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Our Story
From family land to olive oil excellence
Official Launch
Official launch of the Koïkas family olive oil. The culmination of seven years of passion and dedication to olive oil excellence.
Excellence in Numbers
Between family tradition and global leadership
The Grand-Koïkas Olive Grove
Our family estate
Total estate area
Fifty-year-old Patrinia olive trees
Valenciana orange trees
Greece, Land of Excellence
World leader in olive oil
World producer of olive oil
Olive trees throughout the country
Awards won at the 2025 World Championship
1st consumer worldwide
Per capita
80% extra virgin
Of Greek oil
17 PDO regions
Protected designations
Our Noble Variety
Patrinia
Local Heritage
The Patrinia is also known as Koutsourelia or Lianolia. It has its roots in the region in the 12th century, under Frankish rule. Today, trees over 800 years old still exist in the regions of Platanovrissi, Chalandritsa and its plain. Until recently, this olive variety was relatively unknown.
Aromatic Profile
green fruity to ripe fruity
Green banana, apple, herbaceous notes, olive leaves
Balanced light bitterness
Peppery finish
“The Patrinia is more than a variety, it's a living heritage that connects us to the ancient olive growers of Sicyon.”
“On these lands where art was born, where Apollodorus located the finest oils of the Greek world, we perpetuate a thousand-year tradition with passion and modernity.”
The Koïkas Family
Sicyon: Land of Millennial Excellence
"The best oils of the Greek world came in antiquity from Sicyon in the Peloponnese, from Attica, from Tithorea in Phocis, from Euboea, from Cyprus, from Cyrene"
— Apollodorus, 1st or 2nd century CE
The Ancient Names of Sicyon
The city of Kiato has an ancient history. It was once a flourishing city of the Peloponnese, known by several names over the centuries.
• Aegialee (Ægialée) - The oldest name
• Mykoni - The intermediate name
• Sicyon (Sikyôn, Σικυών) - The classical Greek name
• Kiato - The current name of the modern city, attested since the early 18th century
A Strategic Territory
Located by the sea, Sicyon extended its territory to the borders of Arcadia, Corinthia and Argolis, a privileged position for trade and agriculture.
Emblems and Symbols
The city's emblem is the chimera, a mythological creature that has watched over these lands since antiquity.
Didrachm of Sicyon showing the Chimera, circa 380 BCE
A griffin mosaic, discovered next to the ancient theater still visible today 5 km from the olive grove, testifies to the artistic wealth of the city.
Pebble mosaic representing a griffin, 4th century BC (Archaeological Museum of Sicyon)
Cradle of the Arts
The origin of painting by Jean-Baptiste Regnault
Oil on canvas, 1785
The Invention of Drawing and Sculpture
The Ancients placed in Kiato/Sikyon the myth of the invention of drawing. Pliny the Elder recounts that Callirhoe, daughter of Butades, traced with charcoal the shadow of her lover projected on a wall.
"Thus was born the first portrait, born of love and shadow."
Butades applied clay to these lines, observing their contours, and fired this earthen profile: thus was born sculpture in relief.
This first relief was preserved for 200 years at the Nymphaeum of Corinth before being destroyed in a fire, testimony to the importance given to this founding work.