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The 18th official Gran Canaria Honey Competition was held on 30 November and 1 December at INFECAR
“Almond trees of Gran Canaria” which has the beekeeping settlement and the production center in the municipality of Wit, rose with the Special Mention like “Best Honey from Gran Canaria, 2023”, in the XVIII Official Honey Contest, organized one more year by the Primary Sector Counseling, Food Sovereignty and Water Security of the Cabildo of Gran Canaria. Its owner Claudia Isaura González Socorro, received the award of 2.000 euros.
He XVIII Official Gran Canaria Honey Competition was celebrated on 30 November and 1 December in the Bandada de room INFECT. the day 30, of 10.00 a 13.00 hours and behind closed doors, The twelve members of the tasting team began their task, after having analyzed in the laboratory the 63 samples submitted to the competition by 51 honey producers on the island.
The tasting phase, which takes place in consecutive elimination rounds, On the one hand, it values the groups of multifloral honeys in the professional beekeeper category. (clear, amber, dark and/or various multifloral) y, on the other hand, those of the amateur/associative entity modality. The tasting process analyzes the smell and olfactory-gustatory sensation of each sample, after having previously verified in the laboratory that the samples lack pollen from foreign species and that they correspond to the flora of the category to which it is competing.
With the official annual honey contest the Ministry of Primary Sector and Food Sovereignty of the Cabildo of Gran Canaria They meet the objectives of their strategic plan for the primary sector: valorization of the product and support for an activity that was about to disappear. In recent years, beekeeping has increased exponentially. , counting today on around 330 beekeeping farms that total close to 11.000 hives. The Beekeeping School promoted by this Department, contributes to ensuring the generational change that keeps this livestock activity alive.
This is the complete list of winners of the XVIII Official Gran Canaria Honey Competition:
In the Amateur Beekeeper modality:
Dark Multifloral Honey Category
1º Dark Honey Award:
– Titular: Jorge Manuel Mateo López.
– The Burrillas (Mogan).
Multifloral Amber Honey Category
1º Amber Honey Award:
– Titular: Alfonso Cirilo Rodríguez Naranjo.
– Camino El Carmen (Counted)
Clear Multifloral Honey Category
1º Clear Honey Award:
– Titular: José Antonio Rodríguez Socorro.
– Beekeeping settlement: Las Monjas Cave (Saint Brigid).
In the Professional Beekeeper modality:
Dark Multifloral Honey Category
1º Dark Honey Award:
– Mark: APISCREA.
– Beekeeping settlement: Three Eyes Bridge (Galdar)
Multifloral Amber Honey Category
1º Amber Honey Award:
– Mark: Almond trees of Guayadeque.
–Beekeeping settlement: The Florid (Wit).
Clear Multifloral Honey Category
1º Clear Honey Award:
– Mark: Apiary La Violeta.
– Beekeeping settlement: Caldereta Farmhouse (Valleseco)
Categories made up of monofloral honeys:
1º Pitera Monofloral Honey Award (hobby beekeeper):
– Titular: Juan Antonio Gutiérrez Mirabal.
-Beekeeping settlement: Madrelagua (Valleseco).
Category of Monofloral Hortelanilla Honeys
1º Monofloral hortelanilla honey award (hobby beekeeper):
– Titular: Garoé Perera López.
– Beekeeping settlement: El Brezal (Santa María de Guía).
Category of Monofloral Barrel Honeys
1º Monofloral Barrella Honey Award (hobby beekeeper):
– Titular: José Florido Santana.
-Beekeeping settlement: The Moriscos (Wit).
Category of Various Monofloral Honeys
1º Various monofloral Honey Award, for an avocado honey (hobby beekeeper):
– Titular: Antonio Quesada Quesada.
-Beekeeping settlement: Anton Cave (Galdar).
Special Mention “Best Honey in Gran Canaria”, 2023”
– Mark: Almond trees of Guayadeque.
– Titular: Claudia Isaura González Socorro.
– Beekeeping settlement: The Florid (Wit)
