Our Traditional line of honey mead wines are crafted in the style of the old world. Enjoyed by mead enthusiasts everywhere, these meads are designed for those wanting traditional mead with big honey flavor. They have been described, as a great representative of what mead should be and with over 12 flavors ranging from traditional honey to chokecherry you’re guaranteed to find an option perfect for even the pickiest palate.

The Legend of Ken Schultz

Every legend has an origin. Ken's begins in Mentor, Ohio, where a young boy watched his uncle — a research mead chemist — transform simple juice into something extraordinary. That spark of fascination never left him.

By eighth grade, Ken was already deep enough in his obsession to make fermentation the subject of his science project. He wasn't just interested in wine. He was destined to make it.

In 1975, Ken began crafting wine as a hobby, drawing on the native grape varieties of the Great Lakes region he called home. Four years later, he and his wife Lisa packed up their lives and headed west to Montana — where they lived in a tipi while building their home by hand.

No modern conveniences. No shortcuts. Just Ken, Lisa, and a wine cellar dug beneath the tipi floor — because nothing was going to stop him from making wine.

That same spirit lives in every bottle of Hidden Legend today.

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Our award winning contemporary meads have hit the “Not-too-Sweet spot between meads and wines. We’ve created complex flavors that delight connoisseurs while offering wine lovers a change from the same old grapes, and delighting beer drinkers with a complexity of flavors that aren’t overpowered by sweetness.