Mulled mead and mulled wine are both traditional winter drinks served warm with spices, but they are made from very different ingredients.

One of the most common questions people ask about mead is simple: what does it actually taste like?

Our first mead tasting event was held at Punky Brewster, Christchurch as we launched our winter seasonal edition - Mulled Mānuka Mead on tap.

New Zealand mead making is still in its relative infancy, commercially at least. As it stands today, Undisturbed is the only meadery in the world (that we know of) primarily focused on bringing forth the flavour of Aotearoa flora.

In February, we put the 2025 Mānuka Special Reserve through blind judging at the Mead Madness International Competition in Poland. We’re thrilled with the results:

Restoring the whio population one chick at a time is the incredible work of the Eastern Whio Link…

In the Marlborough Sounds, summer settles differently. Steep, forested hills fall sharply into sheltered bays….

Every community and region has its own unique floral mix. So mead will always be constrained to local. small-batch and distinctive…

New Zealand forest mead begins long before fermentation.
It begins with geology.

Discover the 2025 Mānuka Special Reserve, a limited-release Christchurch mead made from pure New Zealand Mānuka honey. A premium honey wine expressing the native flora of Aotearoa.

A deep dive into the long history of mead as medicine. From Greek physicians to medieval monks, discover how honey wine was used as a healing drink for thousands of years.

Mead is made from honey, not grain, and contains virtually no purines. Here’s how that matters for uric acid and why some people find it easier to tolerate than beer.

Mead begins with one of the lowest carbon footprints in the alcohol world.

New Zealand’s top cider, fruit wine, and mead producers were recognised at the 36th Annual New Zealand Fruit Wine & Cider Awards

We met Nic one wintery day in August at the Seekers Mākete…

What if the real magic lies in the flowers it is sourced from?

It’s well known that alcohol carries calories and, well alcohol; but heavy metals dangerous to humans.

Fermented honey has a wholesome sound to it, but what does the data say?

When you’re packing for a tramp, camping trip, or festival, every item in your bag has to earn its place.

New Zealand’s beech forests are home to one of nature’s rarest nectars: honeydew honey. …