August 25th-31st | United Kingdom Cider Tour
Join the cider tour! We will be filling our cups with the likes of cider from Somerset, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire and Wales!
Somerset is famed for its bittersweet apple varieties, used to craft robust ciders, while Gloucestershire showcases a heritage of orchard preservation such as the National Perry Pear Centre.
Herefordshire boasts a mix of traditional farmhouse ciders and modern innovations and the famed Ross Cider Festival.
And in Wales, the people there are Welsh!
All these regions produce cider, perry, and specialty offerings like keeved cider.
Email info@ciderchat.com for questions and reservations.
Cider Tour Overview
25th August – Arrive and Stay in Bristol
This first night is on your own, and with cider bars such as The Orchard Inn, The Apple Boat and the Cider Box – there will be plenty of cider to whet your appetite for the week to come.
Fly into the Bristol Airport and take a taxi or public bus into town or take a bus from London’s Heathrow airport! The Bristol Bus Station is within walking distance of our hotel. ✔️
26th August – Hello Somerset!
- Showering Cider Mill – We start our Somerset tour with one of the largest mills in the country with some weighty cider history! Listen to episodes 425 with Nick Showering and 442 with Bob Cork of Showering Cider Mill.
- Worley Cider and Honey’s Cider – We get two makers in one stop. Neil Worley’s episode on Keeved Cidermaking is a perenial favorite on Cider Chat.
- King of Cider: Roger Wilkins walk back in time and experience a proper cider with the man himself!
27th August – From Orchard to Sea in Somerset
Cideries on the docket for today!
- Wilding Cider – listen to episode 441
- Hedgers Cider – Tour and lunch
- Cider Dinner at The Black Cat – award-winning cider bar
28th August – Gloucestershire and Perry!
- National Perry Pear Centre – Talk, Tour and Tasting with Phil Kester of 99pines – a small batch perry maker1
- Malvern Hills Walk to the British Camp Hill Fort with 360 degree views
- Cider Maker Dinner with James Forbes of Little Pomona
29th August – Onto Herefordshire
- Museum of Cider
- Lunch with Tom Oliver of Oliver’s Cider and Perry Co.
30th August – Ross Cider Festival
- Ross Cider Fest
- Spend the day at the Ross on Wye Cider and Perry Co and visit the Yew Tree Pub and the Ross Cider Festival
- Cider vendors, Food vendors, orchard walks and live music
31st August – Ruins and Sunday Roast with Cider
Tintern Abbey and a classic Sunday Roast dinner before returning to Bristol.
This tour includes:
- 7 nights of lodging.
- Breakfast for 7 mornings
- 5 Lunches
- Visits to select cider producers each day with special maker tastings.
- 4 dinners
- Ross Cider Fest
- Cider Museum
- Executive Coach Service with WC and fridge to keep our ciders cool
- Sightseeing – to ruins and sunset on the beach at Weston super-Mare
Not included:
- airfare
- airport transfers
- 3 dinners on own
- 2 lunches on own
- purchases of gift, cider products to have with lunch
- Food and cider purchases at Ross Cider Fest
- Coach driver and guide gratuities (optional)
Fee:
- Double occupancy $3000/person
- Single occupancy $3100/person
Fee Schedule:
- Initial deposit at time of registration $1,000/person
- March 12, 2025 – 2nd deposit of $1,000/person
- May 5, 2025 – 3rd deposit
- double occupancy $1,000/person
- single occupancy $1,100/person
Register
Contact info@ciderchat.com to register for the 2025 Totally Cider Tour UK Edition!
