Magpie Farms Winery

Magpie Farms Winery
1849 State Hwy 41
Brainbridge, New York
USA 13733
Phone: (607) 639-4400
http://www.magpiemead.com/

Contact: Steve Merr
Email: [email protected]

Steve Merr, better known as Magpie, tasted mead for the first time in 1990 at a Renaissance festival. It was a drink he immediately liked. Lack of a commercially available, quality product, motivated him to set out to find out about it. Magpie researched centuries-old texts and obscure information resources, trying to find information and recipes for mead. His findings motivated him to try his hand at making mead.

In addition to making the traditional honey mead, he experimented with fruits he had never before seen in the making of mead, like Elderberry or Boysenberry. Magpie eventually developed the legendary varieties of mead now available: Red Raspberry Mead, Black Raspberry Mead, Elderberry Mead and Boysenberry Mead. In 2007, he added Blueberry Mead and Strawberry Mead. In addition, there are plans to introduce several other delicious mead varieties in the future.

Magpie purchased the land on which Magpie Farms is located, 87 acres of lush hills and woods in Bainbridge, New York. In June, 2006, Magpie Farms had its grand opening festival. Besides his mead making, he also produces his own honey, maple syrup and grows some of the fruit that goes into his mead.

Winemaker: Steve Merr

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