NEWS & PRESS
Blue ribbons, 2016 honey, and a new home
It has been an eventful summer for us here at Monterey Gold! First, we were delighted to receive 1st place honors at both the Orange County Fair and Santa Clara Fair as well as two 2nd place awards at the Mid-State Fair. We are overjoyed that our new 2016 Monterey...
read moreMonterey Gold named semifinalist in World’s Best Honey competition
Monterey, CA – Monterey Gold Honey, a gourmet honey producer based in Monterey, CA, was named a semifinalist for the Best Honey in the World award as part of the Center for Honeybee Research’s 5th Annual International Black Jar Honey Tasting Contest. The 2015...
read moreMonterey Gold Wins Best Honey at Orange County Fair
Monterey Gold Honey has been awarded two blue ribbons for best honey in California at the Orange County Fair’s first-ever honey competition. With intense competition in its inaugural year, the honey contest at the OC Fair sampled honey from around the state in...
read moreSanta Cruz Fair Results: Best Organic Honey and Best All-Around Honey
Wow! Honey competition closed out with a bang here at the Santa Cruz County Fair. Monterey Gold won best honey in both the “organic” and “all-around” divisions! At the beginning of this summer we had one goal: get Monterey Gold to as many honey...
read moreMonterey Gold Wins Red Ribbon At The Monterey County Fair
We’re super happy to announce that Monterey Gold Honey has just won 2nd place at the Monterey County Fair. After winning earlier this month at the Ventura County Fair and Santa Clara County (twice!), it’s shaping up to be one fantastic August! The next...
read moreAnother 1st Place For Best Honey At The Ventura County Fair
WOW!! We found out today that our honey has been picked again as the best honey around, this time at the Ventura County Fair! That gives us a total of 4 blue ribbons and 1 red ribbon for the summer. It’s amazing to think that Monterey Gold has been picked as the...
read moreMonterey Gold Wins Gold and Silver at Santa Clara County Fair
More great news on the honey competition front today as Monterey Gold Honey took both a gold and silver in the honey category at the Santa Clara County Fair! First up was the light color division, where Monterey Gold took the blue ribbon for best honey in that...
read moreMonterey Gold Wins Best Honey at California Mid State Fair
Great news! Monterey Gold has just won first place for best honey at the California Mid State Fair! What a great start to the summer honey competition season. We’re so happy that the judges chose Monterey Gold as the best honey at the fair. Next stop: the Santa...
read moreSee our honey at the Mid State Fair
Today is drop-off day for honey exhibitors at the California Mid State Fair. This is our first competition of the year and we’re hoping to win best honey! The Mid State Fair runs July 16th – 27th, 2014 in Paso Robles. The results for best honey should be posted...
read moreCalifornia Honey Competition Schedule
Summer has come and competition season is in full swing here at Monterey Gold Honey. We were really surprised when our honey won double gold in the honey judging contest last year at the 2013 Santa Cruz County Fair. Hopefully this season will be full of more...
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