[MR] Mead tasting event

[Sharon Gordon]

There is a modern mead tasting event at a meadery in Atlantia as part of a wine/cider/mead tasting tour.  See post and website below for details  The meadery is in southwest Virginia.  

It might make a good behind the scenes place for an A&S tour on a different weekend..

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>From Diane Flynt:

We have an upcoming event at Foggy Ridge that the Triad Slow Food
group might be interested in. We had a very successful joint tasting
tour with Foggy Ridge Cider, Blacksnake Meadery, Villa Appalaccia,
Chateau Morisette and Amrhein Winery a few months back and we repeat 
this on August 25 and 26. You can find details at
www.blueridgewinetrail.com.

Each winery (or cidery and meadery!) serves an appetizer portion of 
food paired with a free tasting of selected wines, cider and mead. So
for $20 you visit five great looking sites, taste First Fruit Cider,
Bee Brew, Sangiovese, Vigonnier, a nice dry Riesling and many more
wine, cider and mead selections. Plus you taste interesting food 
pairings including brick oven pizza, BBQ with three dipping sauces,
Kabobs, etc. Some people make it a day trip and others stay at a
local B & B and visit over two days. We had incredible customer
response last time and almost ran out of food!