Mountain Meadows wins Gold!

This press release just popped out of the fax machine:

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Mountain Meadows Mead, a boutique California winery specializing in honeywines and fruit wines, recently won three medals at the 2006 International Mead Festival. The Festival, held in Boulder, Colorado attracted 96 entries (in 10 categories) from thirty wineries from six countries. This event was the largest competition and tasting for commercially-produced meads, with the most experienced panel of mead judges ever assembled. Medals went to wineries from Australia, Canada, Poland, South Africa, and the United States.

"Honeymoon Nectar" Sweet Honeywine, made from wildflower honey and mountain spring water, won the Gold Medal in the Traditional Mead category. Honeymoon Nectar has been judged Best Traditional Mead three times in the Festival's four competitions.

"Trickster's Treat" Agave Mead, made from organic agave nectar and wildflower honey, won the Silver Medal in the Specialty Mead category for the second time in three entries.

"Cranberry Mead" won a Bronze Medal in the Melomel (fruit mead) category. With a Silver Medal at the 2002 Festival, the Cranberry Mead has also won two medals in three entries.

As Vicky Rowe, mead judge and owner of the website GotMead.com observed, "The quality of the meads was phenomenal. Only one gold, silver, and bronze medal is awarded in each category. To win a gold medal means the mead can be considered the best commercial example of that style in the world."

Mountain Meadows Mead, located in the northern Sierra, has been in production for ten years, and is marketing in northern California, Oregon, and Washington, as well as on the internet.

For details see www.mountainmeadowsmead.com & meadfest.com.

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We've been supporting them for years now, and it's great to see that they're getting the recognition they deserve for what are some of the finest meads in the world. They'll be pouring samples of most, if not all of their varieties at the Spring Beer and Wine Fest coming April 14th and 15th. In the meantime feel free to stop in at the shop and grab a bottle of two.

Those who love the taste of mead but feel that it's to thick and sweet will be interested to know that we're now stocking sparkling Redstone Mead from Boulder, CO. They are lightly carbonated and feel more like a sparkling wine or cider in the mouth. I'll post something about the various flavors in a couple days when I have a chance to try all four flavors.