Where can I find mead in the Willamette Valley?

May 22, 2009 11:36 AM

Where can I buy mead in Portland, OR or the Portland metro area?

I am on a quest. Searching wine sites and even the higher end supermarkets (New Seasons, Whole Foods) is leaving me empty-handed. Any suggestions for places to check out, numbers to call, or any people that actually KNOW where I can get this stuff?

I'm hoping to avoid online shopping...I'd like to get this at a physical location. But, if you only have suggestions for great mead wineries that ship internationally or domestically, by all means, suggest those, too!

posted by nonmerci to shopping (10 comments total)

Maybe John's Market in Multnomah Village or Belmont Station (now on SE Stark!)
posted by vespabelle at 11:43 AM on May 22

I've seen it at New Seasons, but it might be a seasonal winter-type item. There's a local winery that produces berry wines that also produces mead but the name is evading me.
posted by fiercekitten at 11:56 AM on May 22

Food Front at 24th & Thurman definitely has mead.
posted by dersins at 12:00 PM on May 22

Well, your title includes the valley so if you are ever in the Salem area stop by Honeywood Winery. They make their own and have a retail location in town.
posted by asterisk at 12:08 PM on May 22

Seconding Belmont Station!! They have a GREAT mead selection. Sometimes they even have it on tap. You can buy a bottle there and enjoy at their bar for a small cork fee. Belmont Station RULES.
posted by Lutoslawski at 1:04 PM on May 22

Belmont Station sounds AWESOME. Thanks so much!!
posted by nonmerci at 2:01 PM on May 22

Belmont Station is the correct answer to any "Where do I get X type of beer in Portland" question. It is an awesome place.
posted by pdb at 2:37 PM on May 22

Mead is not beer! It's honey wine.
posted by nonmerci at 4:45 PM on May 22

I know you probably already have your answer, but in case anyone else cares: White Winter Winery will ship to Oregon from Wisconsin. I always bring back a couple of bottles when I visit family.
posted by mimo at 8:13 PM on May 22

The Safeways in the Seattle & surrounding carry a mead by Sky Valley vineyard.
They throw it in the same section as the sakes and other specialty liquors.
posted by Redmond Cooper at 9:57 PM on May 22