Festina Lente Estate Winery (Meadery)
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Langley, British Columbia · Online shop · festinalente.ca
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Festina Lente makes dry and off-dry honey wines in Langley, from traditional meads to fruit melomels and spiced metheglins, poured on its heated patio.
Festina Lente's bottled meads can no longer ship to the US since the import ban of September 29, 2026 (50% duty from August 22 to September 28, 2026), under HTS 2206.00.90.Source: whitehouse.gov, Sep 8, 2026
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Made in Canada
The owners say "As beekeepers and winemakers, it was a natural fit to explore the lost tradition of Mead or Honey Wines" on their 5-acre farm in Langley, British Columbia.
On the tariff list
- HTS 2206.00.90 · Fermented beverages (other than grape wine, beer, cider, prune wine, sake, vermouth or other effervescent wines) · 50% since Aug 22, 2026
The still honey wines are mead, a fermented beverage other than grape wine: "we have developed a drier and more sophisticated honey wine".
Rates are the additional US duty under Section 338. About the tariffs
Sources
- festinalente.ca · accessed 2026-09-29
As beekeepers and winemakers, it was a natural fit to explore the lost tradition of Mead or Honey Wines.
- festinalente.ca · accessed 2026-09-29
Our farm is a 5-acre hobby farm situated in Langley, British Columbia's wine region.
- festinalente.ca · accessed 2026-09-29
we have developed a drier and more sophisticated honey wine
- festinalente.ca · accessed 2026-09-29
Mead. Made Modern.
- festinalente.ca · accessed 2026-09-29
Tasting Fees $10
- winebc.com · accessed 2026-09-29
21113 16 Ave, Langley Twp, BC, V2Z1K3
- festinalente.ca · accessed 2026-09-29
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