I’ve always enjoyed working with my hands and building things. I began cooking at an early age and chemistry was one of my favorite subjects.
It all started with two simple ingredients and an idea: to refine Ethiopia’s ancient national beverage, t’ej (ጠጅ), as a natural wine with the floral and fragrant – non-bitter – qualities of honey while having the balance and complexity of grape wine.
It became an obsession leading to five years of aging and fermenation trials using the latest wine science and equipment. Almost 200 generations of women home t’ej makers taught and inspired me. Yet every new vintage teaches more and improves.
I hope one day Bee D’Vine will not be just a delicious drink but a way to promote the culture and knowledge around honey wine, improve rural beekeepers’ livelihoods in America, and around the world, and conserve natural habitats and bees.vouchncode.com