C. Marina Marchese

C. Marina Marchese

Author | Artist | Beekeeper | Honey Educator

Jason Wilson writes in the The Washington Post --

"Which is to say Marchese's palate is so finely tuned that she can literally taste the beekeeper's fear in a smear of honey."

C. Marina Marchese is the international best selling author of The Honey Connoisseur: Selecting, Tasting and Pairing Honey with a Guide to More than 30 Varietals, Honey for Dummies and her personal journey into beekeeping Honeybee: Lessons from an Accidental Beekeeper (optioned for television and film). Her fourth book, The World Atlas of Honey is a global look at

honey and it's botanical sources.

She is the first U.S. citizen to be accepted into the Italian National Register of Experts in the Sensory Analysis of Honey and the founder of the American Honey Tasting Society, an educational organization that teaches the Italian method of sensory analysis to taste and evaluate honey.

A graduate of The School of Visual Arts in NYC, Marina is the visionary behind the brand, Red Bee Honey.

Marchese has appeared on numerous TV shows - Dr. Oz, ABC-TV's The Chew, ViceTV - The Untitled Action Bronson Show, On the Road with Edible Nutmeg. Marina recently appeared with Emmy award winner Richard Wiese in Weekends with Yankee on PBS. James Beard award winning author Rowan Jacobsen dubbed Marina the “Red Queen” owing to her obsession with varietal honey in his book, American Terroir.