Sweet Caroline is a vibrant ruby sweet session mead with luxurious native muscadine grape and honey flavors amplified by a juicy lime base. This Mead pays homage to the flavors of the Carolina coast where muscadine is native and beloved.
Heaps of grape and honey yield a velvety mouthful backed by aromatic notes of cotton candy and ripe banana. Lime adds a layer of juiciness key to this mead’s enticingly crushable nature.
Mead Making
Spontaneously fermented local raw honey; muscadine grape and lime juice added only in secondary to maximize fruit esters.
Country Peach combines the organic acids produced by honey-indigenous wild Lactobacillus, present in spontaneous fermented mead, with juicy peach and bubbles to create a sour semisweet session mead. The resulting sour peach mead is as close to pure joy as a mead can get, reminiscent of candied sour peach rings.
Sour peach ring flavors backed up by a puckery mouthfeel.
Mead Making
Spontaneously fermented local raw honey; peach added in secondary alongside added citric and malic acid used to compliment the wild lactobacillus souring and focus the flavor into a strong sour peach.
Watermelon Sessions is at its base a wild honey and watermelon cofermentation; considered the most difficult fruit in mead making due to fermentation chemistry, difficulty in balancing rind with melon fruit flavors, and propensity for spoilage; we have been making new iterations of this wild mead in all types of formats since day one as a challenge to ourselves. This is the result, a carefully blended multi-step addition semisweet fruity session mead with a splash of lime and bubbles to deliver it through as a juicy, refreshing variant of melon mead.
Smooth and mellow melon with a juicy lime base carrying subtle green rind and funk notes.
Mead Making
Spontaneously co-fermented watermelon puree with local raw honey; with more watermelon added in secondary to give a more robust melon flavor alongside lime juice used to perk up the acidity melon is lacking.
Honey Buzzed is a refreshingly tart semisweet session mead that blends ginger spice and sour lemon into wild fermented funky honey drip. Our flagship into the world of bubbly session meads and a crowd favorite. Gold medal winner of the 2024 National Mead Crafters Competition.
Tart citrus with a ginger spice finish
Mead Making
Spontaneously fermented local raw honey; lemon and ginger added in secondary.
Stardust Cellars: A Symphony of Honey, Nature, and Tradition
Nestled in the picturesque landscape of North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, Stardust Cellars has carved a niche for itself in the world of mead-making. This exceptional meadery offers an authentic taste of the region by using local honey spontaneously fermented by indigenous microorganisms. Here’s what makes Stardust Cellars a destination for mead enthusiasts and curious explorers alike.
Available States
AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MO, MT, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NY, NC, ND, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VT, VA, WA, WV, WI, WY
@tercerowines the text of the first says “sweet” and the rest say “semi sweet” … so I imagine these are a far cry from what a dry wine would be… would love to see the RS numbers though.
Sweet Caroline Mead (muscadine lime), 16 ounce
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Country Peach Mead (sour peach) 16 ounce
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Watermelon Sessions Mead (watermelon lime) 16 ounce
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Honey Buzzed Mead (lemon ginger), 16 ounce
Gold Medal Winner
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Price Comparison
Not all cans for sale on winery website, $144/case of 24 MSRP
About The Winery
Stardust Cellars: A Symphony of Honey, Nature, and Tradition
Available States
AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MO, MT, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NY, NC, ND, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VT, VA, WA, WV, WI, WY
Estimated Delivery
Monday, Dec 9 - Tuesday, Dec 10
Stardust Cellars Dry Mead Variety Packs
$49.99 - $89.99
3 or 6 Sweet Caroline Mead (muscadine lime), 16 ounce
3 or 6 Country Peach Mead (sour peach), 16 ounce
3 or 6 Watermelon Sessions Mead (watermelon lime), 16 ounce
3 or 6 Honey Buzzed Mead (lemon ginger), 16 ounce
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@Cerridwyn That didn’t take long!
Happy to see mead. Not sure how I feel about session mead?
Do these meads have any residual sugar or are they dry?
@tercerowines thank you for asking this. I see “dry mead” offered and my first question is what is the RS. Tempted if this is actually dry.
@tercerowines the text of the first says “sweet” and the rest say “semi sweet” … so I imagine these are a far cry from what a dry wine would be… would love to see the RS numbers though.
Giving this one a shot. Always miss out on mead offers so glad to get in on this one!
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