A meadery in Delmar is celebrating one year at its current location. Royal Meadery's owners say, so far, their product has been a hit with customers, but current laws are holding them back.

But legislation now headed to the governor’s desk could help Royal Meadery grow.

“Overnight, we will probably grow five times the size,” said owner Greg Wilhelm.

Wilhelm says his small business is constantly bringing in new equipment as it plans to multiply its production capacity.

Under current law, mead is considered a wine product, meaning it can only be sold in-house or at specialty wine and liquor stores. Wednesday, the Assembly approved legislation allowing mead to be sold in grocery stores and beverage centers. It now heads to Governor Andrew Cuomo’s desk, where it is all but certain to be signed.

“It is a big priority for the governor to focus on agriculture-based beverage," Wilhelm said. "He’s already done a lot of stuff for farm brewers, farm wineries, farm distilleries, farm cideries, and it’s finally the last puzzle piece that we need."

Each batch of the honey-based alcoholic beverage begins with gallons of raw honey mixed with water.

"Mead, very simply explained, is just honey, yeast, and water fermented into a beverage," said Wilhelm.

Inside the Royal Meadery production facility is a tasting room, open Fridays and Saturdays.