> In July of 1999 a friend and I went to Brittany (France) to talk to
professional meadmakers about their methods of making mead.

I made mead from buckwheat honey, and it was very good.  Unexpectedly it
lacked the strong, almost offensive, character of the honey from which we
made it, and had rather a `flowery` taste.

FWIW, seems to me that what they call BW in California and some other places
is not the same as what they call BW in Manitoba and other places. Moreover,
as well as the tame buckwheat which is grown locally, on occasion, as a
crop, there is a wild buckwheat -- a weed -- around central Alberta.

allen

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