Each was also available for purchase by the bottle or case. On my visit, the following labels were offered in the tasting. The staff is extremely knowledgeable and by the end of your tasting, you’ll walk away with not only the warm tingle of fermented honey – but also a better understanding of mead wines, their various incarnations and their perfect pairings. If you don’t know your way around the specific language of mead, don’t worry.
They currently offer a strong line up of meads, melomels and pyments from Michigan’s St. For $5, you can sample six different varieties of mead in just-right 1.5 oz pours. The reputation as an ideal respite has increased ten-fold with the opening of Savannah Bee Company’s new mead tasting bar. The honey tasting bar and refreshment options, along with the kid-play bee hive make the shop a great spot to recuperate while engaging in epic shopping trips or touring sessions. Bees in the hive.Savannah Bee Company’s Broughton Street retail location has quickly become an ideal location for visitors looking for local charm and residents looking for the perfect gift. Digging through the hives with Ted (right). Photos: Savannah Bee Company storefront on Broughton Street. When you’re in Savannah, stop by and see Ted and his crew. You can order honey and other products online via Savannah Bee Company’s website.
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This delicacy is an amazing appetizer or dessert, best enjoyed with slices of tart green apple and a wedge of salty sharp cheddar.Ī final fact that blew my mind: Five hundred and fifty bees have to visit two million flower blossomsto create one pound of honey, and then they must consume six pounds of honey to generate one pound of beeswax.Ĭheck out these recipesfor more ideas on how to add honey to your diet. The cell is then capped with a thin layer of beeswax and reserved as food supply for the colony – we know it as honeycomb. Raw Honeycomb: Bees gather nectar from thousands of flowers and deposit it into a beeswax cell, then stand over it and fan their wings to evaporate the water, leaving behind a rich, syrupy substance (honey). Pretty cool: The trees from which it comes only bloom once a year for two weeks in the spring.Ĭheese, Grill, and Tea Honey: No clue what pairs with what? Savannah Bee puts its accouterment right on the label. I hate to play favorites, but it’s the jar I find myself going back to most often. Tupelo Honey: Ted’s not shy about letting it be known that this is his favorite type of honey. Ted wouldn’t go that far, but he did assist me in digging through the hives and holding a few dozen in my hand (see photos… they were actually very friendly). I learned how the queen bee is chosen and fed royal jelly and even saw one up close, but the latter was what I had been anticipating – I wanted to replicate what I’ve seen on television where someone’s entire body is covered with bees. I had the opportunity to head out into the field and hear a bit about the process, interact with the bees. While it’s Ted’s love for his craft that ultimately elevates his product, the honey business is much more exciting that I had originally speculated, especially when you volunteer yourself for a close encounter with the busy bees themselves. He said he’s trying to change the public’s perception, to inform people that grocery-store honey is the Two-Buck Chuck of the honey world. The walls are lined with bottles of honey, most resembling a slender bottle of wine. Ted Dennard, Founder, Savannah Bee Companyīoth of his stores that I visited in the Savannah area were designed as a tasting room. Obviously, this guy is good for a conversation. He traveled the world to see bees making medicinal manuka honey in New Zealand, rubber honey in Vietnam, logwood honey in Jamaica, heather honey in Ireland, and the famous tilleul lavender honey of France. In a tour with the Peace Corps after college, Ted taught beekeeping to village farmers in Central America. He kept bees in high school then at college at the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee.
But it also tells a tale of a worldly man whose knowledge and experience go well beyond the business of bees:
His hair is blonde and wavy and he resembles a surfer, his smile revealing a boy’s spirit in a man’s body.Ī closer look at Ted’s background shines light on his expertise. I’ve seen him use a scoop and carefully savor his product, but most times he sticks his finger into the barrel and laughs. Sampling honey as a sommelier would wine, he spouts off tasting notes: Quality, varietal, the whole deal. Ted Dennard of Savannah Bee Company believes that the traditional view of honey – the sticky jar or honey-bear bottle that’s been in the cabinet for years – deserves to be tossed into the trash, once and for all.
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