Michigan’s cider industry is heading into its most important season with consumers watching their spending, producers preparing for the quieter winter months, and at least one encouraging sign: people are showing up. With one of the country’s major apple-growing regions, a landscape shaped by the Great Lakes and a cider scene that ranges from large, … Read more
In Episode 512, Cider Chat MC Ria Windcaller reads her August eCiderNews editorial, Plant the Damn Apple Tree, reflecting on entrepreneurship, uncertainty, abundance, and what an apple tree might teach us about the time in between. From the Editor’s Desk: Summer 2026 News Cycle Reflections Cideries close. People in our community are passing. The weather … Read more
Connecticut’s Lyman Orchards, one of the oldest continuously operating family-owned farms in the United States, has expanded distribution of its 1741 Hard Cider into neighboring Massachusetts through a partnership with Quality Beverage, a division of Martignetti Companies. Located in Middlefield, Connecticut, approximately 25 miles (40 km) south of Hartford in the heart of New England, … Read more
This article is an update to eCiderNews’ June 2026 coverage of the European Commission’s proposed EU cider standards. One month after eCiderNews first reported on the European Commission’s proposed cider marketing standards in “Who Gets to Define Cider? EU Draft Heads to National Representatives” ahead of the June 9 meeting, the debate has expanded well … Read more
“Should cider makers be able to tell consumers which harvest year produced the apples in the bottle?” A legal challenge to federal vintage-labeling rules for cider and fruit wine is moving forward despite a recent court setback. Last week, a federal judge dismissed a Washington winery’s lawsuit challenging Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau … Read more
In October 2024, Cider Chat MC Ria Windcaller recorded with Tom Vowles of Hedger Cider and Ben Crossman in Somerset. Initially, the two recordings felt like separate brand stories. Then, nearly a year later to the day as the produciton of this audio began and the transcript peeled away a story of entwined history came … Read more
Ever wonder what it’s like to step into a cidermaker’s barrel room and taste your way through fermentations in progress? In this exclusive Patreon bonus episode, Cider Chat takes you straight to the heart of 1000 Stone Farm in Brookfield, Vermont, where cidermaker Kyle Doda opens barrel after barrel of his small-batch, thoughtful ciders. In … Read more
Wild Child Cellars is a new cidery startup based in western Massachusetts. This cidery in progress is located in Turners Falls a town flanked by the Connecticut River to the west and a canal that had powered massive paper mills. In between the river and canal is an area called the “Patch”. Multi family homes … Read more
CiderCon2018 presentation – Cider Market LLC Presenter Dale R. Brown, Ph.D. Managing Partner at Cyder Market LLC Actual title of presentation: US Commercial Cider Makers by the Numbers – A “Community” Perspective ***Best listen – use headphones – Help Cider Chat improve audio recording and videos by donating to Cider Chat today. Dan Brown, Ph.D. … Read more
Peirre-Auguste Renoir was born on the 25th of February 1841 and passed away on the 3rd of December 1919. He was a French Impressionist painter. Via Wikipedia: Impressionism is a 19th-century art movement begun by a group of Paris-based artists whose independent exhibitions brought them to prominence during the 1870s and 1880s. The Impressionists faced harsh … Read more
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