TREAT YOURSELF LIKE ROYALTYDiscover the luxurious taste of the world’s most royal drink
Mead has enhanced the social lives of people nearly as long as humans have gathered together.
In many historic cultures, mead was a status symbol and the ability to serve it at feasts was a display of wealth and hospitality.
Modern mead is a sustainable alternative to wines and spirits. Each sip reveals a luxurious and velvety texture worthy of Kings & Queens.
Our Mānuka mead is a new classic - reinvented for the modern world - batch-crafted in Christchurch from sustainably sourced New Zealand honey.
Perfect for sharing, celebrating, or just treating yourself like royalty.
Elizabeth 1
Queen Elizabeth I liked it so much she had her own mead recipe. It was a regular drink at her meals.
BRITAIN
ethiopiaEmperor Menelik
Emperor Menelik kept mead on hand to serve visitors and guests at his palace.
BRITAINKing Arthur (the round table guy) is said to have preferred it.
Early English kings drank mead from gold-rimmed horns in great timber halls.
Poland–LithuaniaMead was the preferred royal drink of King Jagiełło, served in vast, glittering feasts that outshone imported wines.
Kievan RusPrince Vladimir the Great kept mead as the centrepiece of his court banquets, a symbol of wealth, hospitality, and power. He once ordered 300 cauldrons to be served in order to celebrate an anniversary.
IrelandIn Ireland, the High King’s inauguration centred on a ceremonial cup of mead, the drink of sovereignty, abundance, and elite privilege.
King Arthur (an artist impression)
King Jagiełło
Sheba
Legend has it that the biblical Queen Makeda of Sheba brought Tej (a mead from what is now Ethiopia) as one of her gifts when she visited King Solomon.
Middle East
DENMARKQueen Wealhtheow
In the epic poem Beowulf, Queen Wealhtheow shares the mead amongst all her guests. Mead is seen as a marker of loyalty & fealty.
eastern europeVladimir the Great
Prince Vladimir the Great kept mead as the centrepiece of his court banquets, a symbol of wealth, hospitality, and power. He once ordered 300 cauldrons to be served in order to celebrate an anniversary.
Contemporary MeadMead is experiencing a revival in recent times, as drinkers desire more organic, healthy - yet decadent - tastes.
Out premium meads honour the history of mead making, while adapting to make use of world class New Zealand honey.
Sustainably sourced to ensure the environment, and your conscience, remains undisturbed.
Mead rangeExplore our mead range, small-batch crafted in New Zealand.
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