Comments on: Who’s threatening us now? Malicious mead!

By: kirk jones

kirk jones — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 13:16:35 +0000

Dr.Vino,

Lighten up on the mead. We make it at about 11.5 abv and it tastes more like riesling. We are also doing barrel ferments with fruit combinations, including pinot noir, riesling, raspberries, etc.

We make straight up grape wine too.

I would comment that many meads are too sweet and heavy. Not ours!

Kirk from St. Ambrose

By: Randy

Randy — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 19:40:57 +0000

Mead isn’t wine… but then again, neither is sake. Both are just as good as grape wine.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 16:28:23 +0000

Mead is a truly amazing drink. It is the oldest fermented beverage in the history of the world and its’ awareness may very well save the honey bee. Keep a bee hive in your backyard and reap up to 150 pounds of honey in one year! It is a common misconception to call mead wine, but mead is truly an amazing thing and anyone who tries it or makes it at home will never make the mistake to call mead wine again.

By: Phil Clarke

Phil Clarke — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 14:53:07 +0000

When I first read your comments regarding Manhattan Meadery, I assumed that you were being humorous in what you wrote. After reading your other postings, I realize that I was wrong. You weren’t being humorous; you were being ignorant. Mead is not wine and, generally, it does not taste like wine. It is served like a wine and can often be served as a substitute for it.

You should try some meads before you condemn them. You might be surprised by what you taste.

By: mrT

mrT — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 03:04:23 +0000

Any booze is good booze in my book.

There is a batch of zinfandel aging in my cellar along a nice batch of dry mead. I never noticed them to fight and they will both gladly visit my gut in the future.

Expand your pallete and taste smothing different every day.

By: Morton Leslie

Morton Leslie — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:15:23 +0000

To make that one bottle of mead, honest, hard working bees flew 25,000 miles and visited 800,000 flowers. And while they did this, in their spare time, they pollinated our precious crop of grapes. So, give the little guys a break.

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 20:20:33 +0000

Mark,
Get thee to a Meadery!

By: Mark Ashley

Mark Ashley — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:39:11 +0000

Meh. There’s room at the table for beverages other than fermented grape juice. What’s the real beef with calling something “wine,” if it’s got the modifier “honey” in front of it?

Will you be issuing a fatwa against the fruit wine industry in Michigan?

I’ve had mead, and it’s not my thing, but I’m not about to condemn the Meadery for trying something new.