Olive Oil & Honey Tasting & Pairing Workshop @ Red Bee Apiary

By Analiese Paik

Marina Marchese, Founder Red Bee Honey, photo jeffbeckerphoto.com

Up for a food adventure? Red Bee Apiary is holding a Honey and Artisan Olive Oil Tasting & Pairing Workshop that marries the best of monofloral honeys with single varietal olive oils. For this special tasting, Marina Marchese, a beekeeper, author and founder of Red Bee Honey, teams up with Alina Lawrence of Olivette, purveyor of quality olive oils in Darien, CT. After a tour of the apiary, you’ll be formally seated at the tasting table to discover new flavor sensations and magical pairings ideas that you can easily translate to your own dining table. All paid guest will receive a signed copy of Marina’s book HONEYBEE:Lessons from an Accidental Beekeeper and a sample bottle of olive oil from Olivette.

Marchese is the president of the Back Yard Beekeepers Association  of CT. She studied the sensory analysis of honey tasting in Montalcino, Italy and has presented her signature Honey Tasting Laboratory Workshops at top shelf NYC venues including Murray’s Cheese Shop, Artisanal Premium Cheese Center, and Mario Batali’s Eataly.Marina.

Alina Lawrence of Olivette pours a tasting for a customer.

Lawrence is the owner of Olivette, a purveyor of quality single varietal, since source olive oils from the world over. Read our feature story about Olivette and the world of  olive oil. The rise of specialty olive oil retail stores like Olivette is the private sector’s way of achieving what the US and Italian governments have failed to do – distinguish real extra virgin olive oils from cheap substitutes for the retail consumer.

Olive Oil and Honey Tasting and Pairing

with

Alina Lawrence of Olivette

and

Marina Marchese of Red Bee Apiary and

Author of HONEYBEE: Lessons from an Accidental Beekeeper

Sunday, July 22, 2012

1:00 -3:00 pm

at Red Bee Apiary

77 Lyons Plains Road, Weston

Tickets: $35 per person

RSVP: http://www.redbee.com/honey-tasting-laboratory-workshops/

Tasting/Pairing Menu

1. California Arbosana Extra Virgin Olive Oil and Alfalfa Honey with Brie Cheese

2. Cranberry/Pear White Balsamic Vinegar and Apple Blossom Honey with Walnuts

3. Apricot White Balsamic Vinegar and Linden/Basswood Honey with Goat Cheese

4. Chocolate Aged Dark Balsamic and Honeycomb with Strawberries

5. Blood Orange Infused Extra Virgin Olive Oil and Buckwheat Honey with water crackers

Palette cleansers: Artisan well water,

crusty baguette and water crackers