Tonight at 9PM ET we’re talking with Kent Slaymaker, meadmaker and owner of Slaymaker Cellars in Idaho Springs, Colorado, west of Denver just off I-70.
Kent and Cris opened Slaymaker Cellars in 2019, making a commitment to using local products for their meads as much as they can. They specialize in making dryer meads, and their wildflower traditional took a double gold at the 2022 Colorado Governor’s Cup wine competition, and they are one o the top 12 wines in Colorado. They also make melomels, metheglins and session meads. They are big on educating about pollinators and pollinator health. They work with local apiaries to source their honey.
Earlier this year, Slaymaker converted to a workers’ cooperative, giving all the employees ownership in the company and an equal vote in how the company is run.
Cris Slaymaker traded in her historian hat to...
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