Also, it would be an opportunity to express your appreciation to Antonio for the amazing honey he and his bees have been producing for us.
We've been getting honey from Antonio Simon for over 10 years now. He was our first organic beekeeper.
(Here he is with Carmen, not a great photo but the only one I have. This was at an organic fair in Madrid on a freezing November day a couple of years ago.)
Antonio is a pioneer of organic beekeeping in Spain, a real expert who cares deeply about the bees and the quality of his honey. I don't know of any other beekeeper who produces such a wide range of organic honey and has such attention to detail.
More than this, he is a lovely guy, really kind and considerate - and very helpful.
Right now he's brought his son-in-law Ruben into the business, I guess with the plan of handing over to him eventually.
Anyway....
I phoned up his office recently and was told that he was away on honeymoon - he had and his partner Carmen had only gone and got married.
Lots of our customers know and love Antonio's honey and I thought it would be really nice if we sent him and Carmen a congratulations card - and also expressed our gratitude to him for his honey.
Would you consider writing a message to Antonio and Carmen? We will print out all the messages and include them in a card that we're going to send to them along with a present.
Here's the link. Just write your message in the box on the form and include your name, so they know who the message is from. Don't worry about the message being in English, Carmen speaks English and Antonio understands a fair amount.
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ACTIVE 25+. We have just taken delivery of a rare & highly antibacterial Sidr & Oak honey from the Rhodope Mountains Greece — the place of one of Europe’s few true virgin forests — very ancient woodland, undisturbed by people. The forest and the bees have produced a truly unique creation. Sidr nectar and Oak honeydew in the same honeycombs - two of our most potent honeys together. Not only is it very antibacterial but the flavour notes of the Sidr and Oak combined are deep and balanced: Oak up front, molasses and dark chocolate, rounded by Sidr’s creamy smoothness.
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This is one of the finest raw organic forest honeys produced due to the extremely remote area it comes from. Beekeeper Luisa places her hives high in the Cantabrian Mountains and hills in Asturias, a green and unspoilt area in the north of Spain. The forests in this area are untouched, in a chemical-free environment with a mixture of wild Mediterranean oak, chestnut, beech, and pine trees.