burke hill farms

Ever since the federal distilling license was granted last month, Vermont's newest micro-distillery has been going at full boil. Hardwick (aka The Town that Food Saved) is the new home of Caledonia Spirits/Honey Gardens Winery.  We caught up with owner Todd Hardie yesterday as a truckful of organic blueberries was just arriving from Burke Hill Farms in Cherryfield, Maine. After weeks and months of careful tending by mead master/head alchemist Dana Matthews, the blueberries will be transformed into Honey Gardens Blueberry Mead, a soft, aromatic wine that pairs beautifully with chicken. Matthews also wears the distiller's hat at Caledonia Spirits. She's been working with the shiny new...