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Traditional Honey Mead

Traditional Honey Mead Wine Details
Price: $13.99 per bottle

Description: Semi-Sweet Honey Wine. Lovely honey aroma and taste with grape overtones. This wine is similar to a Late Harvest Riesling, but with an enticing honey taste. 2001 Commercial Mead Champion. Gold Medal at World Championship in Chicago. Gold Medal Winner at the New York State Wine and Food Classic. Silver Medal Winner – Atlanta Wine Summit. Bronze Medal Winner at Indiana State Fair. Bronze Medal Winner – Great Lakes International Wine Competition

Varietal Definition
Mead:
Fermented beverage made with honey, water and yeast optionally with flavoring ingredients.
Riesling:
On the sweeter end of the spectrum, some of the best dessert wines should give thanks to the Riesling varietal. Riesling is known for its complementary nature of combining balanced acidity with sugar. Rieslings are made dry to sweet, but it is the sweet style Riesling that brought about its popularity in the United States. With the rise of spicy sauces, marinades and dips to flavor our meal, Riesling plays a part in taking off the edge of the heat. Riesling is known for a number of signature characteristics: floral, citrus and pear. Riesling has peaked in California with 11,000 acres planted. Today, Monterey County’s cool-climate areas and its long growing season produce good amounts of character for the Riesling grape. Outside of


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