B. Nektar Releases Heart of Darkness

This year’s annual collaboration between Mazur Cup co-founder Ken Schramm and B. Nektar Meadery will be available for tasting for $9 per ounce this weekend at B. Nektar’s Ferndale, Michigan tasting room.   Calling their small batch, super premium melomel  “Heart of Darkness,”  B.Nektar retails a 375ml bottle for $99.95.  There are 140 bottles in this year’s batch.  B. Nektar will also offer free tastings of the rest of their line up on Friday from 5:30 to 10:00 and Saturday from 1:00 to 7:00.

Mark Ganchiff

Mark Ganchiff is the publisher of Midwest Wine Press, the leading source of news on the growing wine industry in the central United States. Mark has been a wine judge at the 2012 and 2014 INDY International Wine Competition, the 2014 Cold Climate Wine Competition, the 2013 Mid-American Wine Competition, the 2012 Illinois State Fair Wine Competition and the 2013 Michigan Wine Competition. He also enjoys speaking at wine events including the Cold Climate Wine Conference, the Illinois Grape Growers and Vintners Association Annual Meeting, the Midwest Grape and Wine Conference and the Wisconsin Fruit and Vegetable Conference. Mark's articles about regional wine have appeared in Vineyard & Winery Management, WineMaker and several regional magazines. Mark is a Level One Sommelier in the Court of Master Sommeliers. He lives in Louisville, but also has a residence in Chicago.

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