Caledonia News
Our distillery on the banks of the Lamoille River in Hardwick is complete, and the custom designed stills and tanks have moved in. Our distillery and winery are open Monday - Friday, 9 - 5 pm and Saturdays by appointment (or during one of our open houses -- see the event listing to the right).
Our new Barr Hill gin has received Federal approval for the formula and the label. It is made with organic juniper berries and raw honey.
In Vermont, we will soon be sharing our Caledonia elderberry cordial at liquor stores, our retail shop at Caledonia Spirits & Winery, and farmers markets.
Our black currant honey wine/mead is available at stores in Vermont and Massachusetts, and our retail shop at Caledonia Spirits & Winery. This mead is crafted from pure raw Northern honey and Vermont organic black currants; we call it a Vermont red wine with spirit.
Our blueberry honey wine/mead is an off-dry honey wine, with a vibrant honey character. We use 3/4 of of a pound of organic Maine blueberries per bottle and only use pure raw northern honey for fermentation. The wine is fermented dry and aged in stainless steel for a year. Just before bottling, we add a small touch of honey for roundness. The result is a smooth mead, ready to drink and enjoy.
I began a relationship with honey bees when my brother Tom and I got our first bee hive and placed it on the top field of our family farm. He was 9, I was 12. We were enchanted by these angelic insects that were always flying and gathering nectar, pollen, and propolis. more
Caledonia Events
We will be hosting Open House Saturdays at Caledonia Spirits & Winery in 2011 each of the following Saturdays: Nov. 26, Dec. 10, Dec. 17 from 10 am - 6 pm. You can visit the distillery and see spirits being made from honey and corn. Our new retail shop in the distillery will be open on these Saturdays and also each Monday - Friday. Tour the distillery, for sale: our spirits, Caledonia honey wine/mead, Dunc's Mill rum, Tim McFarline and Honey Gardens raw honey & plant medicine, and elderberry plants.
Come visit the Hardwick area of the Northeast Kingdom. Fall is a beautiful time to visit our local farm partners, to bicycle, hike, climb, camp, and eat great food grown in the area.
Montpelier Winter Farmers MarketJan. 7, Feb. 18, 10 - 2 pm, Vermont College of Fine Arts Gym
Burlington Winter Farmers MarketNovember - April, 1st & 3rd Sat. each month, starting Nov. 5, 19, Dec. 3, 17, etc., 10 - 2 pm, Memorial Auditorium
Live from the Hive
On her first day of beekeeping, Mary holds a frame of bees in the greenhouse of Pete’s Greens, Craftsbury, Vermont, Spring 2011
"The best fertilizer
is always the footprint
of the farmer."
Our distillery and winery are rooted in Vermont
agriculture and beekeeping. Seated in Vermont's agricultural community, our work is a celebration of our special connection to the land, inspired by farms where the production of milk, cheese, timber, grains, honey, seeds, and herbs are part of our lives and help define our place.