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The most expensive honey in Europe, the second most expensive in the world, is Spanish
Honey from the Leonese town of Camponaraya, the most expensive in Europe and second most expensive in the world, it is the work of the Bierzo Beekeeping Cooperative. The demand for this gastronomic delicatessen is devastating and this year promises to skyrocket after obtaining the sello halal that will allow you to delight the exquisite Arab palates.
The production of the delicacy is limited and the cooperative has had to cancel the last orders since they have their requests covered until 2020. To get one kg of honey, the nectar of 1 million flowers is needed and the bees would have traveled 7.000 km to supply themselves. It is a luxury product with an increasing value given the environmental conflict of the bee population.
The best honey in Europe
El Bierzo honey pot costs 150 euros and on November 12 he will travel to Sweden to show the fruits of the art of beekeeping in the International Ecological Fair.
The mayor of the municipality, Eduardo Morán, proud of the quality of the raw material that springs from his land, has declared in a press conference his intentions to raise a specialized laboratory in the locality. There are only two is Spain. “We want to advance in our commitment to the cooperative,” he said.
The institutions of the region support the honey sector, it was clear during the Bierzo Hub conference, held in January and dedicated to promote industries linked to the world of bees, hives and their by-products.
This subsector of honey is one of the fastest growing in the last decade in the agricultural sector and reinforces the name and the economy of the area after the industrial weight loss. Promoting beekeeping is a viable outlet for the region.
Honey is not only extracted from the hives, but also derived from it as honeydew, pollen or propolis tincture and nature grants the north of Spain the ideal qualities for its cultivation: the climate, Mediterranean but with continental conditions, together with the orographic qualities of the region, achieve an optimal environment. Its soil is a source of plant species such as chestnut, holm oak, oak, almond, heather, fennel, thyme, strawberry tree and even ivy and blackberry, they give bees the optimal properties to elevate the category to the throne of gourmet delicacies.
Honey, Spanish gold
Labejazul, another honey from the El Bierzo region, was awarded as the best in the country. Its forest honey (mielato) was also awarded and the universomiel portal has placed it among the ten best honeys in Spain. The production potential of this Northwest delicacy opens many fronts in the sector.
Camino de Santiago, Abejas Bierzo, Honey of height 1.100 meters, Logon, Salvaxe or Labejazul They are some of the most recognized brands in the production of honey and its derivatives in the region, and all of them appear at the top of the list of honeys that the website mieladictos.com compiles every year, a sort of Parker Guide to the world beekeeping in Spain.
Another Spanish honey from Guadalajara, specifically from La Alcarria, has just been considered the best lavender honey in the world under the criteria of the awards Great taste, considered the Oscars of food, which are held every year in London.
Honey Nectarius of Lavender Origin, produced by artisanal and ecological methods in the Alcarreño municipality of Cifuentes, rose as the best honey of this variety in the world after obtaining the highest score (3 stars).
La chestnut honey Castro de Baronceli, made in the Ourense town of Verín It is claimed throughout Spain given its quality. It has a resounding potential as a benchmark in this segment both due to the excellent quality of the product in all its variants and because of the priority that the company gives to the environmental factor. Its values are the maintenance of biodiversity and sustainable and natural management of production. A luxury good is, after all, a scarce good.