2-10-26 Tonight we’re talking with Roger Wanner, owner and meadmaker at WA Meadwerks in Long Island, NY.
Roger is the founder and mead maker of W A Meadwerks. Founded in 2018, they have experienced rapid growth in the early years of operation and disappointment in the post COVID years. After right-sizing the operation and focusing on small batch production, as they did when founded, they’ve added a new fan base and are reshaping the way mead is perceived and enjoyed.
W A Meadwerks will be celebrating its 8th anniversary this year with a focus on barrel aged meads. The celebration starts on Mead Day, Aug 1st and ends on their anniversary Sept 8th.
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Upcoming Shows
Show links and notes
- Let There Be Melomels by Rob Ratliff
- The Big Book of Mead Recipes by Rob Ratliff
- Let There Be Session Meads by Rob Ratliff
Upcoming Events
- Feb 11 – Green Mountain Mashers, Essex Junction, VT – Traditional Mead Night with Man Made Mead Sensory Tests
- Feb 12 – Bardic Wells Meadery, Montague, MI – Mead & Mehndi
- Feb 12 – Valhalla Meadery, Bozeman, MT – Jam session
- Feb 12 – Thirsty Bee Meadery, Tomball, TX – Larry Lane Live music
- Feb 13 – Starrlight Meadery at the Honeysuckle Tea House, Chapel Hill, NC – Valentines Mead Tasting
- Feb 13 – Clear Skies Meadery, Rockville, MD – Make Your Own Mosaic Heart
- Feb 13 – Hex Meadery, Kaukauna, WI – Anniversary Party
- Feb 13 – Manic Meadery, Crown Point, IN – Paint and Drink: Valentine Animal
- Feb 14 – Bee Immortal Mead, Round Rock, TX – Valentines Mead Workshop
- Feb 14 – Dancing Skeleton Meadery, Sapulpa, OK – Valentines Murder Mystery Dinner
- Feb 14 – Southern Origin Meadery, Canon, GA – Couples Painting Each Other (Tiktok trend)
- Feb 15 – Meduseld Meadery, Lancaster, PA – Meadery Dance
- Feb 15 – Clear Skies Meadery, Rockville, MD – Acoustic Jam – Mike Rocke Folk Music
- Feb 15 – Chubby Cheeks Meadery, Temecula, CA – Pet and Paint – Valentines Day Fundraiser!
- Feb 18 – Lancashire Mead Company at the Jorvik Viking Centre, York, UK – Mead Tasting event
- Feb 19 – Dancing Skeleton Meadery, Sepulpa, OK – Fiber Crafting
- Feb 21 – Monks Meadery, Atlanta, GA – Exhibition Armored Combat
- Feb 21 – Wyrd Leather and Mead, Portland, OR – Expedition 33 Mead Up
- Feb 21 – W A Meadwerks, Lindenhurst, NY – Mead Becomes Her – cult cinema and themed cocktails
- Feb 26 – Dancing Skeleton Meadery, Sepulpa, OK – Karaoke Night
- Feb 28 – Grimsby Hollow Meadery, Middleville, MI – Drink Mead, Learn Things: Anatomy of a Killer: When Doctors Become Predators
- Mar 5 – Crafted Artisan Meadery, Mogadore, OH – Paint and Sip
- Mar 20-21 Valkyrie’s Horn Mead Competition, Minneapolis, MN – entries open!
- Mar 28 – Zymarium Meadery, Orlando, FL – Bonsai and Cheers with L&J Nursery
- Mar 28 – Folklore Brewing and Meadery, Dothan, AL – Dothan Songwriters Festival
- April 11 – Mershon’s Artisan Cider, Stoughton, WI – Wisconsin Cider and Mead Festival
- April 11 – Wild Blossom Meadery, Chicago, IL – Wine Run 5k
- April 19 – Crafted Artisan Meadery, Mogadore, OH – Make a Sand Art Terrarium
You can buy mead online at https://shopmeads.com
She is also an experienced marketing coach and consultant who has recently decided to focus her marketing expertise exclusively on the craft beverage market to help meaderies, cideries, breweries and distilleries expand their business and get more customers while doing what they love.
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- 2-3-26 Krzysztof Jarek and Mateusz “maTEJ” Błaszczyk – Mead Madness Cup and EMMA - February 3, 2026