A natural aphrodisiac for virility, fertility and longevity
Mead, the natural aphrodisiac, gets a revival:
"A West Sussex winery is hoping to revive interest in the medieval honey-based drink, mead, by establishing the UK’s first National Mead Week from 7-13 August. Lurgashall Winery, the UK’s largest mead maker, has organised a week of events in conjunction with the Lythe Hill Hotel & Spa in Haslemere.
Organisers of Mead Week are keen to point out this ancient drink’s reputation as an aid to virility, fertility and longevity. As Jerome Schooler, the American-born proprietor of Lurgashall Winery explains: “It was believed that mead had healing qualities and was an elixir to prolonged life, for strength and virility. Mead was the honeymoon drink, where the couple had a glass of mead each day or night for one lunar month, to make their marriage happy and fruitful. Such attributes are back in demand today.”"