Where to buy hot honey
in Otago

Hot honey in Otago

Two Otagos, really. Dunedin on the harbour with its cold-water seafood and student appetite, and Central over the hills — apricots, cherries, pinot noir, and the biggest temperature swing in the country between a January afternoon and a July morning.

Central stone fruit with hot honey in summer, and something slow-cooked with it in front of a fire in winter. Wānaka and Queenstown eat out more than anywhere else per head, so a bottle at home has to compete — it manages.

Right now that means 11 stockists in Otago — Oh My and Jackson Orchards among them, spread across Alexandra, Cromwell, Lawrence, Luggate, Oamaru, Queenstown and Wanaka.

Not near any of them? New World, FreshChoice and Farro Fresh carry it too, and the online shop ships anywhere in New Zealand.