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LATEST NEWS There was a time when the Earth did not crawl with grapevines and that austere beverage that we call wine was a thing unknown. Yet people still liked to knock back a few every now and then, and for some cultures the drink of choice was mead. Sometimes called "honey wine," mead took a back seat to the raging popularity of the grape about a millennium ago. But today, as Americans look for new flavors in food and beverages, mead production is again on the upswing. Fifteen years ago there were a half-dozen production houses, or meaderies, in the nation. Today there are nearly 100 - including two of the largest in Sunnyvale and in Santa Cruz County.
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2005 - Cider — the apple of my eye " Michael Faul of Red Branch has created his own impressive line of this noteworthy drink for those eager to reconnect with their ancestral roots."
The best of show award goes to ... Rabbit's Foot Meadery Sweet Mead
August
2005 - Cider — the apple of my eye " Michael Faul of Red Branch has created his own impressive line of this noteworthy drink for those eager to reconnect with their ancestral roots."
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August 2005 Rabbit's Foot Meadery wins medals in California State Fair!!! Rabbit's Foot Meadery wins 2 bronze medals in California state Fair for their Apple Cyser and Sweet Meads.
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31st Annual Art & Wine Festival
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30th Annual Art & Wine Festival | June 5th & 6th 2004 The Sunnyvale Chamber of Commerce is celebrating 30 years of great food, crafts and fun! The official kickoff of warm weather and summer activities in the heart of Silicon Valley has been the Sunnyvale Chamber of Commerce, Art & Wine Festival. Highlight June 5th & 6th, 2004 on your calendar for this fabulous event! This year's event will feature over five hundred of the country's finest artists and craftspeople, a variety of wines from the Bay Area's finest wine makers, and a sampling of some of our local micro breweries. Don't miss the great food, fun, and activities for kids of all ages.
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Seeking
a taste of the past? Get thee to a meadery ©2004 San Francisco Chronicle Honey, created from flowers by bees, is a wonder unto itself. Add a little water and yeast, and you have mead. Mead is enjoying a renaissance. It is suitable for almost any occasion and is becoming increasingly available. For many, it offers something new to please the palate. ,,,
Rabbit's Foot Meadery wins Gold medal for our sweet mead and Bronze for our Dry mead at the 2003 International Mead Festival!!! Here are some links to recent articles, news releases and other tidbits of information about Rabbit's Foot Meadery
A Man And His Mead - Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal - August 18, 2003 Former software engineer finds his bliss
producing wine made from honey A longtime friend describes Michael Faul as almost bee-like -- always busy, rarely resting. An apt description, because Mr. Faul, owner of Rabbit's Foot Meadery in Sunnyvale, makes mead, a wine that's made out of honey. Rabbit's Foot is one of only about 60 commercial meaderies in the United States; there are fewer than 10 believed operating in California, according to the Web site Gotmead.com.
Let Me Call You Honey: The Buzz on Mead No one knows when and where primitive man took his first sip of alcohol. But most likely, it was a mead—a fermented honey beverage—that provided that first sensation of warmth and sense of euphoria. ...
The uncorking of online alcohol sales Published: December 7, 2004, 8:10 AM PST CNET ...Mike Faul, a former Silicon Valley software engineer who decided to enter the winery business this year, estimated that he could triple his sales if state laws were changed in New York, Florida, Pennsylvania and Texas. "That's based on people right now that are sending me e-mails and (who) want to order online," he said. |
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