Thanks to Urban Dweller for passing on this great story in the Neighborhood Star about a Chicago vintner who distributes honey bee boxes along the lake front in Hyde Park to support his mead production.
Gary Fisher, who owns Wild Blossom Meadery and Winery, is apparently only one of two mead vintners in the Midwest. But amazingly, his is one of some 200 wine-making operations in Illinois. Wow. I’ve got a lot of wine tasting to do.
Interestingly, Fisher doesn’t grow his own grapes. Too hard. He tried it once, but decided to buy from others. But he does use his five acres of land in Kankakee to house his honeybees.
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