After earning USDA Organic certification in June, North Carolina’s Kordick Family Farm is offering a firsthand look at what organic certification really means for orchardists and cider makers—from record keeping and regulations to the difference between growing organic apples and producing certified organic cider. WESTFIELD, North Carolina — Kordick Family Farm has become one of … 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
World Cider Day which is held annually on June 3rd came and went on, but don’t worry if it slipped past your radar. Unlike many beverage celebrations that arrive and disappear in a flash, cider’s summer calendar is packed with festivals, competitions, tastings, and traditions that stretch from June into autumn. In fact, some of … 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
Paul Cézanne is one of the great Post-Impressionist (a predominantly French art movement that developed roughly between 1886 and 1905) painters of the 19th century. Cézanne painted landscapes, portraits, and complex still lifes. From his window he looked out onto the French landscape of Provence. His still with apples and pears are renown. Cézanne once … Read more
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