in Chardon have been selling maple syrup since 2011. Dave’s family has been making it since the 1920s. You’ll find the current syrups in the short hall of the produce arcade.
The style label is based on color and taste. It goes like this: Sap collected early in the season has a lighter color while sap collected later in the season, when the weather is warmer, is darker. That directly correlates to the color and flavor of the syrup. As for taste, the darker the syrup, the stronger the flavor. The “best” syrup varies by customer preference, says Dave, who carries the breadth of styles.
Over the years, the Divokys’ stand has grown beyond syrup to offer maple candy, fudge, cotton candy, maple-sugar-coated nuts, maple mustards and more. They recently added bourbon-barrel maple syrup and 15 different kinds of honey and honey products.