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Single varietal honeys are highly dependent on the local environment in which the bees gather their nectar. Much like wine regions and coffee regions, different honey regions also exist.

Canada has a famous Buckwheat Honey which is a really dark honey with a VERY distinctive taste and aroma. Harvested in mid-August, the buckwheat plant blossoms for about ten days before going to seed in the fall. Unfortunately not many Canadian farmers grow buckwheat anymore, and so this highly coveted product is becoming very rare indeed. When my dad, brother and uncle spy a field of buckwheat that's about to bloom they quickly move a dozen hives as close as possible. Unlike wild flowers that grow randomly in meadows and fence rows, farmer's fields are the best places to harvest single varietal honey crops. Here's a huge concentrated source, and to ensure purity my family will harvest separately

American beekeepers are proud of their Pumpkin Blossom Honey which is a dark amber-colored liquid with a robust aroma and flavor. And California's Black Button Sage Honey is absolutely excellent when served with vanilla ice cream. And of course the Savannah region's Tupelo Honey is probably the most famous varietal honey of them all.

What's your favorite honey? What's the wildest most exotic honey you have ever tasted?

I've always loved mesquite and desert wildflower honey from the deserts of the U.S. Southwest.