From delicious.com.au
Honey, I’m home.
Mead is believed to be the oldest fermented drink known to humankind, with the honey wine predating regular wine and beer by thousands of years. The ancient Vikings loved the stuff; the drink was deeply integrated into their religious beliefs and ceremonies. (Fun fact: the word ‘honeymoon’ comes from this period. Newlywed Viking couples would drink mead every day of the first moon cycle after their wedding, for luck and fertility.)
In recent years, mead has seen something of a resurgence, and now NSW’s Hunter Valley has become home to the region’s first mead cellar door. Honey Wines Australia, in the scenic region of Broke, has been operating as an online mead and honey business for the past three years. Now it has opened up a new store to welcome visitors into the world of mead and honey.
There are nine unique meads on offer – from traditional meads with smooth, golden notes to more innovative creations infused with fruits and spices. There’s also a range of other honey products, including creamed honey, vanilla honey and even chocolate honey. Plus, they sell Viking drinking horns, which is cool.
You can even learn all about the process of mead-making through mead and honey tastings led by Martin Jackson, Honey Wines’ owner, beekeeper and mead-maker, who is eager to share his expertise.
You can find Honey Wines Australia at 72 Wollombi Street, Broke NSW. Be sure to pick up a Viking drinking horn while you’re there.
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