Sea Salt Collection by Barrier Islands Salt Co.

David & Anna Lee of Barrier Islands Salt Co. collect water by boat in 60 feet of water, eight miles off shore, where the whitecaps of the Atlantic Ocean crash onto the sandy shore of Hog Island.

Saltmaker David Lee spent years studying centuries old, artisan salt making techniques and applying them to the unique merroir of the wild & pure waters of the Virginia Coast Reserve, a 130,000 nature preserve naturally filtered through thousands of acres of oyster reefs and eelgrass as each tides rushes in and then heads back out to sea. 

All items are neatly packed in a wooden box, atop ivory crinkle paper, wrapped with blue velvet ribbon, and topped with a handwritten note.