Sustainability
Leaving our land and our conscience undisturbed
How to really drink responsibly
No forest clearing, no irrigation, no bulldozers. No unnatural sugars or flavours.
Just trees, bees and time.
Mead, particularly when made with locally sourced honey, can make a claim to be the most sustainable alcohol in the world.
Bees help sustain the life of native flora.
Naturally good
It is well known that bees are beneficial for natural environments.
Hives are placed for the season by local beekeepers who genuinely care for bees and the environment they roam, helping keep wasps in check, boosting pollination, and leaving the land just as it was found.
By supporting sustainable beekeeping practices, mead production can help protect biodiversity and reduce strain on agricultural land.
This is Will, a local legend of a beekeeper, based in the Nelson region of Aotearoa, New Zealand.
Local By Nature
Honey is both positive to both natural and social environments. Bees, by their nature pollinate the area around hives.
An ‘additive’ rather than extractive product, bee hives may be operated in addition to existing land use - creating socially responsible income streams.
Hive collectives allow risk reduction across regions.
Resource Efficient
Location matters when you consider that producing a litre of wine can take over 600 litres of water, and most RTDs derive their alcohol by fermenting cane sugar, which has a high water and emissions footprint.
Our Forest Goon packaging generates up to 87% fewer carbon emissions than lightweight glass bottles, and weighs less - meaning fewer trucks, less fuel, and less waste.
Waste Reduction
Use only what you need packaging for bars
Packaging reduction for consumer products
Return & reuse empty products
Naturally long product shelf life
Packaging and bottling with recyclable materials is a basic step, but seeking out ways to reduce waste is next - from providing bars a package allowing for no unused product through to consideration how packaging and printing can be reduced.
We offer discounts for returned bottles, and our goon bags can even be refilled if you return them to us!
Long Lasting
Mead has a naturally long shelf-life.
To be fair - mostly its consumed well before this is a factor - but unopened mead can last for decades. Even after opening, refrigerated mead will happily store for many weeks.
Vacuum packed (such as our 2L goon boxes) mean that you can pour a serving, yet retain the remaining mead indefinitely.
The Seekers Mākete, Arts Centre,
10-3pm Saturdays
Made by real people
Come and meet us - we’re at the local market every weekend. Ask questions, pick up bottles in person, and return your empties.
We believe that sustainability with people at it’s core allows us all to enjoy alcohol and leave our conscience, and natural environment - undisturbed.
OUR HONEY SOURCESAotearoa Premium Honey
From the world famous Mānuka, lesser known Kānuka, to native Honeydew and sustainable Clover, New Zealand honey is amongst the best in the world.
ABOUT UNDISTURBEDOur Story
Living long and well is important to us. With a little one on the way and thinking of the future, we began searching for a healthier, eco-friendly wine.
A beekeeping friend introduced us to honey wine (mead), sparking the exploration of local honeys and botanicals that are both good for the body and sustainably produced.