Meet Kate and Denis Dempsey, the couple who brought mead back to Ireland after almost 200 years. In 2016, blending ancient recipes with modern wine making techniques, they opened Kinsale Mead Co., Ireland’s first modern meadery, in the historic, food loving town of Kinsale, County Cork.
Hear the myths, legends and colourful history of Ireland's oldest drink on your 1 hour tour of Kinsale Mead Co. Learn about the ancient Irish laws, Bechbretha, that protected bees, and taste four different raw honeys. Follow the mead making process, from bee to bottle. Finish your tour with a guided tasting of award winning meads and, if the timing is right, a taste of their specially aged batches.
- Enjoy an informative tour of a top class meadery.
- See what goes into making mead, from bee to bottle.
- Taste award winning, delicious mead.
Keep an eye out for the beautiful bar in the tasting room which is made from a 300 year old ancient oak tree that fell in Fota Island.
As an added bonus, hear stories about the importance of bees in our world.
