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WineEast In our tasting room, we pour mead only upon request. Because it is so different from grape wines, we've found it difficult to fit among our traditional wine lineup. For most people it requires a lot of explaining, but there is a definite niche market—and within that context, it is a pretty easy sell. At Lakewood Vineyards, most of our mead is sold wholesale. We produce two different types: Mystic Mead, which is a sweeter mead made from a blend of orange blossom honey and a fairly light fall flower honey. Our second mead, Seifu's Tej, is drier and uses spring and fall flower honeys. This mead was designed with the help of Ethiopian restaurateur Seifu Lessenwerk (Blue Nile Restaurant, Detroit) and is marketed to Ethiopian restaurants. WE Chris Stamp is president and winemaker at Lakewood Vineyards in Watkins Glen, N.Y. Previously he served as extension associate at the Ohio Agricultural Research Development Center in Wooster, Ohio. References 1. . Kime, M.R. McLellan and C.Y. Lee, "Ultra-filtration of Honey for Mead ProR duction," Agricult. Research, 15:517, 1991. The Alcohol, Tax and Trade Bureau mandates that a minimum of 13º Brix in 'honey must' come from honey. Other suggested reading J Cox, "From Vines to Wines," Garden Way Publishing, Pownal, Vt., 1985. . (at least when ultrafiltration is used) can be very short. I have literally brought in honey and three weeks later, bottles were on the shelf—although the mead vastly improves with just 8 months of aging. Vance_Jan11.qxp R Gayre, "Wassail in Mazers of Mead," Brewers Publications, Boulder, Colo., 1986. . GW. Kent, "An Analysis of Mead, Mead Making and the Role of its Primary Con. stituents," The Yeast Culture Kit Co. R Morse and K.H. Steinkraus, "Wines from the Fermentation of Honey, In: Honey". . 11/23/10 9:29 AM Page 1 Winery Design, Operation, Consulting www.WineDoc.com WINERY PLANNING High End Wines! Quality Products Real Efficiency Business Plans Building Layouts Equipment Specs Winemaking Dr. Tom Co�rell 800 793-6436 Tom@WineDoc.com Win es & Vin es F EB RUA RY 20 13 79