Welcome to Contrivance Wine & Mead Co.

Award-winning meadery just south of Seattle, WA

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Come Visit Us

 


Got Mead? We are an award-winning family owned and operated Meadery conveniently located in Tukwila WA near the I405 and I5 interchange just south of Seattle. We hand-craft small batches of premium honey wine (mead) in many different flavors. We aim to have something for everyone. We have meads featuring sweetness levels ranging from dry to dessert wine. Our meadery has tasting flights ($10 per person, refundable with bottle purchase) and glass pours, and of course we encourage adopting bottles of your favorites for later.  We also have a mead subscription club where members get first access to new flavors and a 20% discount on all bottles! If you have never tried mead before you owe it to yourself to come visit us!


Small batch premium wine outside of Woodinville? Yes it’s possible! We specialize in red wine, but of course we make white wine too. We are located only a couple blocks from Total Wine in Tukwila, near Southcenter mall. With everything from barrel-aged reds to stainless fermented white wines, we love them all and think you will too. We are also known to put wine & mead into bourbon barrels for aging, with incredible results.

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  • Renton Farmers Market starts TODAY!

Come on by this afternoon and check out all the amazing vendors. Buy some fresh veggies, fun crafts, and of course a bottle or 2 of mead and wine. 😃 

See you there! 

#rentonfarmersmarket #cityofrenton #buylocal #buyfreshbuylocal #supportlocalbusiness #funinthesun  #tuesdayvibes #magicalmoments #TuesdayTip #favoritethings #doitanyway
  • We make mead disappear every Saturday. We even sell some too! 😆
  • Enumclaw Plateau Farmers’ Market starts TODAY! 

Come on by and check out all the amazing vendors...and buy a couple bottles of mead and wine. 

#enumclawplateaufarmersmarket #enumclaw #shoplocal #goodstuff #andjustlikethat #skol #aginglikefinewine #findyourjoy #summeradventures #ThankfulThursday #blessedandthankful #mindbodyspirit
  • Perky Py is back and better than ever! This pyment was made with Syrah grapes and aged in bourbon barrels. Then we added some whiskey barrel aged coffee from BlackFin Coffee and a bit of earthy honey.  This extremely limited mead is available now in our tasting room or farmers markets!
  • We’ll be at the mead festival at Skål Beer Hall on Sunday. This event is always lots of fun. Come say hi and try some mead from several local meaderies!
  • Our Summer Spyglass tropical session mead is the perfect thing for the long weekend. At 6.75% ABV you can sip it in the afternoon sun without getting too festive. 😉 Or you can pour one out for fallen heroes.
  • We’ll provide the drinks 😆
  • Our new session mead “Summer Spyglass” is available now. This fizzy mix of tropical fruits and honey comes in at 6.75% ABV, and is available in cans and on tap in our tasting room.  Oh and of course we have our new batch of Berry’d Gold too, which is a fruity mix of blackberry, blueberry, and raspberry which was aged in French oak barrels. Unlike the situation in this meme, you CAN have both 😂
  • Come on out to the Burien Farmers Market on this beautiful day. Our Berry'd Gold Mead and canned Summer Spyglass (tropical mead) are available.

#burienfarmersmarket #GoodMornin #thirstythursday #motherdaygift #mead #tropicalmead #sessionmead #berrymead #washingtonmead #outinthesun #beautifulday #supportlocal
Renton Farmers Market starts TODAY!

Come on by this afternoon and check out all the amazing vendors. Buy some fresh veggies, fun crafts, and of course a bottle or 2 of mead and wine. 😃 

See you there! 

#rentonfarmersmarket #cityofrenton #buylocal #buyfreshbuylocal #supportlocalbusiness #funinthesun  #tuesdayvibes #magicalmoments #TuesdayTip #favoritethings #doitanyway
Renton Farmers Market starts TODAY! Come on by this afternoon and check out all the amazing vendors. Buy some fresh veggies, fun crafts, and of course a bottle or 2 of mead and wine. 😃 See you there! #rentonfarmersmarket #cityofrenton #buylocal #buyfreshbuylocal #supportlocalbusiness #funinthesun #tuesdayvibes #magicalmoments #TuesdayTip #favoritethings #doitanyway
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We make mead disappear every Saturday. We even sell some too! 😆
We make mead disappear every Saturday. We even sell some too! 😆
1 week ago
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Enumclaw Plateau Farmers’ Market starts TODAY! 

Come on by and check out all the amazing vendors...and buy a couple bottles of mead and wine. 

#enumclawplateaufarmersmarket #enumclaw #shoplocal #goodstuff #andjustlikethat #skol #aginglikefinewine #findyourjoy #summeradventures #ThankfulThursday #blessedandthankful #mindbodyspirit
Enumclaw Plateau Farmers’ Market starts TODAY! Come on by and check out all the amazing vendors...and buy a couple bottles of mead and wine. #enumclawplateaufarmersmarket #enumclaw #shoplocal #goodstuff #andjustlikethat #skol #aginglikefinewine #findyourjoy #summeradventures #ThankfulThursday #blessedandthankful #mindbodyspirit
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Perky Py is back and better than ever! This pyment was made with Syrah grapes and aged in bourbon barrels. Then we added some whiskey barrel aged coffee from BlackFin Coffee and a bit of earthy honey.  This extremely limited mead is available now in our tasting room or farmers markets!
Perky Py is back and better than ever! This pyment was made with Syrah grapes and aged in bourbon barrels. Then we added some whiskey barrel aged coffee from BlackFin Coffee and a bit of earthy honey. This extremely limited mead is available now in our tasting room or farmers markets!
1 week ago
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We’ll be at the mead festival at Skål Beer Hall on Sunday. This event is always lots of fun. Come say hi and try some mead from several local meaderies!
We’ll be at the mead festival at Skål Beer Hall on Sunday. This event is always lots of fun. Come say hi and try some mead from several local meaderies!
2 weeks ago
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Our Summer Spyglass tropical session mead is the perfect thing for the long weekend. At 6.75% ABV you can sip it in the afternoon sun without getting too festive. 😉 Or you can pour one out for fallen heroes.
Our Summer Spyglass tropical session mead is the perfect thing for the long weekend. At 6.75% ABV you can sip it in the afternoon sun without getting too festive. 😉 Or you can pour one out for fallen heroes.
2 weeks ago
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We’ll provide the drinks 😆
We’ll provide the drinks 😆
3 weeks ago
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Our new session mead “Summer Spyglass” is available now. This fizzy mix of tropical fruits and honey comes in at 6.75% ABV, and is available in cans and on tap in our tasting room.  Oh and of course we have our new batch of Berry’d Gold too, which is a fruity mix of blackberry, blueberry, and raspberry which was aged in French oak barrels. Unlike the situation in this meme, you CAN have both 😂
Our new session mead “Summer Spyglass” is available now. This fizzy mix of tropical fruits and honey comes in at 6.75% ABV, and is available in cans and on tap in our tasting room. Oh and of course we have our new batch of Berry’d Gold too, which is a fruity mix of blackberry, blueberry, and raspberry which was aged in French oak barrels. Unlike the situation in this meme, you CAN have both 😂
1 month ago
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Come on out to the Burien Farmers Market on this beautiful day. Our Berry'd Gold Mead and canned Summer Spyglass (tropical mead) are available.

#burienfarmersmarket #GoodMornin #thirstythursday #motherdaygift #mead #tropicalmead #sessionmead #berrymead #washingtonmead #outinthesun #beautifulday #supportlocal
Come on out to the Burien Farmers Market on this beautiful day. Our Berry'd Gold Mead and canned Summer Spyglass (tropical mead) are available. #burienfarmersmarket #GoodMornin #thirstythursday #motherdaygift #mead #tropicalmead #sessionmead #berrymead #washingtonmead #outinthesun #beautifulday #supportlocal
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