by Vicky Rowe | Oct 21, 2020 | Commercial Mead |
The National Honey Board will host a virtual Honey Summit for food and beverage product developers and marketers, and we encourage you to invite any potential or existing customers to the event to learn more about honey. The ideal attendee is anyone who is involved with marketing or new product development at a large food or non-alcoholic beverage company.
by Vicky Rowe | Mar 17, 2020 | Commercial Mead, Latest Buzz, Meaderies |
COVID-19 is causing unprecedented disruptions to our small businesses, worldwide. As governments urge citizens to self-isolate, practice social distancing, and in some cases, move to close bars, craft beverage producers, restaurants and other businesses to enforce...
by Vicky Rowe | Jan 3, 2020 | Commercial Mead, Latest Buzz |
JANUARY 1, 2020- Sunnyvale, CA In my own life, as in my business life, I have always tried to integrate elements of the ‘Eightfold Path’ that are at the heart of Buddhist tradition into what I do. Right View, Right Intention, Right Action, Right Speech,...
by Vicky Rowe | Apr 4, 2016 | Articles, Commercial Mead, New Meaderies |
Honey mead and cider are joining the craft beer scene on King Street in Jacksonville, Florida. The Mazer, which will feature mead and cider made on premises, is expected to open in June at 1512 King St. Ed Stansel, former co-author of the local paper, the...
by Vicky Rowe | Jan 4, 2016 | Articles, Commercial Mead, Mead Making as a Business, Meadery Owners Speak, Meadery Stories, Starting a Meadery |
Eh what the hell… WHAT I’VE LEARNED IN 14 MONTHS SINCE OPENING A MEADERY I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, you can’t homebrew your way through running a meadery. You should consider starting your meadery with more equipment than...
by Vicky Rowe | Oct 29, 2015 | Commercial Mead |
COBWEBS and dust were to be expected.
But when twentysomethings Tracey Whitehead and her husband, Don, cleaned out the farm shed, they never expected to find hidden treasure. Lurking behind the long-forgotten piles of stuff were oak barrels full of liquid gold.
The barrels contained perfectly aged mead – a honey wine renowned in Viking feasts and medieval debauchery – made by Don’s father, Rod Whitehead, years before on a whim. The discovery led to what is now a burgeoning sideline for the bee-keeping Whiteheads of Milawa and their family’s Walkabout Apiaries business in North East Victoria.
