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What is mead?
Mead is an alcoholic beverage made by fermenting honey with yeast. Mead is not a beer, wine, or spirit in the normal sense; it is its own class of alcohol, and it is believed to be the oldest alcoholic beverage. Mead has held a pivotal place in many cultures throughout its nearly 8,000 year history, and it is still enjoyed throughout the world.
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Mead and the Environment
Drinking mead is good for the planet! Each bottle of mead contains the nectar of two million flowers, which means ten or twenty million seeds were pollinated to continue the cycle of life. Each sip of refreshing Wild Blossom mead renews the Earth.
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How our mead is made
- Bees collect nectar from flowers, then return to their hives atop the roof of the Marriott Magnificent Mile, in the Ogden Dunes, in the Kankakee dunes and on a stretch of Park District land formerly home to a steel mill. At the hives, the bees disperse the nectar, and worker bees take over, turning the nectar into honey by evaporating most of the water.
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About the Winery
Wild Blossom Meadery & Winery was founded to produce the finest honey wines (Meads) in the Midwest. We are Chicago's first winery and the only meadery on the Northern Illinois Wine Trail.
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News flash
New website!
Notice anything different? Wild Blossom has a brand new website to keep you up-to-date on our news, events, and specials. And it's now even easier to order your favorite meads and have them shipped to your door.
Mead club membership
Wines will be shipped to your doorstep each month and you will be able to take part in Wild Blossom's special Mead tastings and dinners.
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Where to buy Wild Blossom Mead
- Whole Foods (select locations)
- Binny’s Beverage Depot (19 stores throughout Chicago & Suburbs)
- A Vision Chicago (Chicago)
- Andersonville Wine & Spirits (Chicago)
- County Fair Foods (Beverly/Chicago)
- Famous Liquors (Lombard)
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