A long, long time ago, before the invention of writing and polyester, a lucky human stumbled upon the contents of a beehive. The beehive had been left out in the rain, and the honey inside had fermented. 

Behold: mead! 

Mead soon became known as “the nectar of the gods.” King Tut was a satisfied customer and so were Eric the Red and Queen Elizabeth the First.

Mead (also known as honeywine) has been around for millennia. And mead makers have spent most of that time honing their craft. (They got a thousand-year head start on the grape wine folks.)

Not surprisingly they’ve come up with many kinds of meads. The fact is, a master mead maker can start with honey, water and yeast, and wind up with something dry or sweet, still or sparkling, straight up or mixed with fruits or spices.

Our mead has come a long way since honey accidentally fermented in the rain. Our wine maker fashions our honey wines to resemble grape table wines that can be paired with foods or stand on their own. Hidden Legend Winery's meads sit on the fence between dry grape wines and traditional meads.

We produce the mead for people who don't really like traditional meads. If you've never tried mead but you like wine, you will love our mead. If you are a mead lover you will still recognize the attributes that made you fall in love with mead in our honey wine only with sophistication. We think some visitors from Sweden, where they know a little about honey wine, said it best; "your mead is cool, sweet, and nice."

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