 Take some of this out and you can see that beautiful color That's just going to be a gorgeous dark red maroon My name is Jeff Vanoodie. I am the owner and mead maker at Bliss Point Meadery here in Bedford, Mass I make mead instead of fermenting the sugar in grapes to make alcohol We're fermenting the sugar in honey to make mead. I never wanted to run my own business That was never a dream of mine. I never wanted to sell anything That was never something I was interested in Until I found something that I was passionate about that I wanted to share with the world and and that was me My products fall into two general categories. I have Lower alcohol carbonated products. These are at six point nine percent They're bubbly meant to be enjoyed cold. They're nice and refreshing And then I have what most people think of when they hear the word mead, which is a wine strength product Which is in a range of 11 to 16 percent alcohol. So higher strength Also, it's a still product and it has no bubbles Within each one of those categories I have a range of flavors from honey only which can be a broad category in and of itself because there are lots of Different honeys. I use a lot of fruit a lot of berries blueberry raspberry strawberry blackberry black currents and It's the same thing whether it's a carbonated version or a still wine style version There is an infinite range of possibilities that I can That I have access to for flavor creation Right now I am 99% direct to consumer. I think the most important thing is My goal is to get people exposed to mead and to try mead and if I can exhibit my passion for a product People usually get excited for that. So what I want people to get from me is My my genuine love for the product and the process behind making it So what I've just poured for you is wildflower solo. This is made with a Massachusetts wildflower honey This has a nice distinct Honey character to it and a nice refreshing bubbly format like you might find with a cider and go ahead and have a sip And it's just like this is like just one sip. Just go right down You know you can you can make it two sips. So expose yourself to the flavor Experience a little bit and then get yourself excited for the rest of it. Yeah, for sure. Oh, wow Yeah, that is really good Hi, this is Jeff Vanuity with Bliss Point Meadery I hope to see you here for a mead tasting in Bedford, Mass or at one of our farmers markets in Winchester, Villarica, Arlington or Acton-Boxborough. Thank you for watching