Afon Mêl- Heather Mead, 20cl 13% vol

Heather mead is fermented using heather honey and so has the rich, luxurious almost smoky taste of Heather. Afon Mêl Heather mead has a very distinctive flavour and is much sought after, it’s certainly the mead with the most characteristic flavour of honey.

Awarded a 3 star Great Taste award and is the only mead to have ever won the Golden Fork Award.

Check out Mallika Basu, William Sitwell, Jun Tanaka, Felicity Cloake, Liz Selway, Lucas Hollweg, Peter Sanchez-Iglesias and Alice Lascelles judging the Heather mead at the Taste Table session.

 

Hand made, and matured in oak casks, Mead is a smooth honey wine that can be drunk in a variety of ways: before a meal, as an aperitif with ice or tonic water, or straight as you would drink a sherry. It is also extreamely good as a dessert wine or as a liqueur after a meal.