Episode 201

Charles Lipnicki is a Canadian Mead maker, farmer, and bee keeper. He and his wife Laura own and operate the “Island Honey Wine Company” in Canada’s smallest province Prince Edward Island. In past lives Charles has been a pastry chef, entrepreneur and salesman. His long time hobbies included being an avid home brewer wine and mead maker. Charles and Laura always longed for a simpler lifestyle and had a desire to create a life for themselves on a small farm. After learning about a “new to North America “ fruit called the Haskap berry they knew the farm would have to include this incredible gem as an anchor crop. After many trials and errors the farm started to mold itself into a sustainable business that relies heavily on animals, bees, fruit and flowers to create one of a kind award winning meads. They opened the Island Honey Wine Company business in 2017 where they offer seasonal mead tasting in their farm store and visitors have the opportunity to experience mead right where the ingredients are grown in the worlds first “Mead-mobile”. Segment 2ia all about fun summer/fall directions with session meads. We thought it would be fun to talk about different directions we’re thinking about taking our summer and fall session meads. And finally we wrap with the Social Club!

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