A Quick Visit to a Meadery

Stacy and I usually try to hit a brewery or a winery on our girls weekend. Due to COVID and where we went this year, our choices were limited. The winery in Ripon wasn't doing tastings but did have live music. We opted to head to Rushford Meadery & Winery in Omro.

Rushford Meadery & Winery is a small winery in an old school building. They grow apples and grapes on the land as well. We were a little shocked when we pulled up to find it was an old school building.

They have about a dozen different meads, wines, and ciders. The tasting included 5 samples. Mead is wine made with honey.

I went with the:

Northern White Pyment -- It was a semi-dry mead with hints of peach and pineapple. It was refreshing but not a must buy.

Aronia Berry Mead -- This was another semi-dry Melomel. It had berries, cherry, blackberry, and current undertones. It was very good.

Cider -- This was a semi-sweet cider with a clean apple finish. It was good and my second favorite.

La Brianna -- This was a sweet wine with a big grape flavor. It was by far my favorite.

Siren's Song -- This was a sweet Pyment. It wasn't bad but I preferred others to this.

The co-owner wasn't too friendly and didn't really engage in chit chat. I felt we were an inconvenience.

There is plenty of room to social distance and wine taste as well as enjoy a class. It was weird though being in a school building.

It was a different stop. I would give them another try with the right group of people. However I would urge you to check them out if you are in the area.