The eye-watering sale was for just 200 honey pots but no matter the quantity, it’s still a pretty sweet deal.
And, it shows those one-percenters have New Zealand in mind when they look for the best of the best.
Understandably our reporter who visited the operation this week wasn’t offered a taste test of the liquid gold.
But he got to see first-hand just how humble food producers can produce world-class results.
Bryan Gibson
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