Not the Same Heritage. And That’s the Point.
Heritage 2025 — Traditional Mead
This year’s Heritage marks the next chapter in our flagship traditional mead—a mead always rooted in tradition, yet renewed by each harvest. For 2025, we’ve honored that legacy by using a distinct honey varietal, sourced and tasted with intention, reinforcing our commitment to provenance and seasonal authenticity.
Heritage 2025 Vintage Flyer
🐝 New Honey, New Character
Unlike last year’s batch, which featured raw wildflower honey , 2025 Heritage uses raw single-source, spring-foraged blossom honey from Reed Honey Farm in Montgomery. We walked every aisle, inspected each hive, and vouched for their practices—just as we do when working partners, or pulling from our own apiary. This honey’s bright floral aromatics, hint of citrus, and lush honeydew markers give this vintage a lighter, more aromatic front, balanced by the depth and body the mead is known for.
🍯 Tasting the Difference
Appearance: Golden-amber clarity, reminding us of sunlit late-spring fields.
Nose: Fresh blossoms, lemon peel, and just a whisper of mead-honed earth.
Palate: Silky and warm, with honey-forward sweetness and a cleaner finish—a shift from last year’s richer, darker honey tones.
ABV: ~16% – consistent strength, but this year it feels more delicate rather than complacent.
🛡 Why Honey Variation Matters
At Vinland Meads, we don't chase consistency—we celebrate change. Each bottle of Heritage is a snapshot: the land, the season, the hive, and the hands that made it. As honey changes from year to year, we preserve the spirit of traditional mead—and allow lovers of Heritage to journey with us through time and taste.
🏡 Stewardship at Hays Manor
From bloom to bottle, every step happens with craft and consciousness. Our choice to source from Reed Honey Farm echoes our ethos—to choose partners as mindful and intentional as ourselves. Fermenting, Bottling, labeling, and handling all still happens at Hays Manor, linking each vintage back to our roots and rituals.
🥂 Enjoying Heritage 2025
Pour Heritage 2025 neat at cellar temperature, or lightly chilled. Pair it with soft cheeses (such as aged Gouda or Camembert), herbed chicken, or picnic fare like lemon bars. Take a moment, breathe in its bouquet, and you’ll taste a single spring morning captured in honey and time.
🔔 Don’t Miss This Vintage
Heritage sells out each year—and this one carries a fresh, spring-forward twist. Sign up below or follow us to know as soon as it becomes available. When you sip, you’re not just drinking mead—you’re tasting a story.
