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"WHEN YOU CELEBRATE WITH YOUR HONEY, CELEBRATE WITH MEAD" |
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 Welcome to Shady Grove Meadery,
East Tennessee, and the historic world of Mead, a flavorful,
ancient drink. A tradition at Irish weddings, mead is
better known here as honey wine. We appreciate your interest in
this inviting beverage, our passion, our labor of love... to you -- Cheers!
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.jpg) Bill, Hal, and John welcome you to the
Shady Grove Meadery tasting bar.
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Norris Freeway Lake City, Tennessee 865-426-4900
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What is Mead? Tis the ancient drink of kings, queens, prophets,
poets and lovers, Mead (honey-wine) is thought to be the oldest alcoholic
beverage known to man. Called Ambrosia by the ancient Greeks, it was
believed to be the drink of the gods. Considered by the Greeks,
Romans, Egyptians, Norseman, Assyrians, Incas and Aztecs to have sacred and
magical properties. It was also believed to prolong life and bestow
health, strength, virility, wit, and poetry. The mythology of mead lives on
in our culture today in our Honeymoons. Tradition held that giving a bridal
couple a "moons" worth of honey-wine would ensure a fruitful union.
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