Andrea Paternoster represents three generations of beekeeping (they have more than a thousand hives throughout Italy) while passionately defending and promoting high-quality honey. Since the early 1990s they've produced a rich range of monofloral honey and a selection of meads. Their crown jewel is their Quintessenza line, a super 'cru' created so as to maintain the purest form of ho-ney possible. Their citrus and spruce honeys gave rise to the idea of honey vinegar as well.