Last year, Brian Woerner from World Honey Exchange approached us with three honey samples he'd gleaned from a beekeeper working in the  Atchafalaya swamps of Louisiana. Each honey sample represented a harvest from a different stage in the spring/summer wildflower bloom on the bayou: an April harvest, a May harvest, and a June harvest. Among the numerous flower species contributing nectar to these honeys is Saw  Palmetto, Tupelo and Clematis and so floral illustrations of these three plants are represented on, respectively, the April, May and June honey harvests. They're beautiful!

This June Harvest is the most balanced and Champagne-like. Subtle notes of maple syrup and dates are suggestive of an unoaked Chardonnay.