Chicago Cider Week, Cider Tours, Interviews, Awards and Cider Summit The week of January 30th – February 4th was packed with cider related events all based in Chicago. CiderCon, the annual conference hosted by the American Cider Association kicked off on Tuesday the 31st with Cider Tours. In this chat Ria took two tours: the … Read more
Everything is Right Side Up at Calico The logo of Calico Cidery might be an upside down apple drawn to look like an apple tree, but the setting, the people, orchard and the cider is all right side up and slamming it! Located in the high desert region of San Diego to the east of … Read more
Who is Westwind Orchards Fabio Chizzola & Laura Ferrara are the owners/farmers of Westwind Orchard located in Accord, New York on the west dies of the Hudson River. The orchard was bought in 2002 and was as Fabio described it “abandoned”. Over time her pruned and replanted and open the area for Pick Your Own … Read more
Who are the Pomme Boots? The Pomme Boots Society was founded in 2015 an organization for women working in the cider industry. The first meet up of Pommes Boots was at CiderCon2016 held in Portland, Oregon. This episode was recorded at the Pomme Boots meeting held at CiderCon2019, an annual cider conference hosted by the United … Read more
Perry Making tips with Tom Oliver This week’s chat was recorded during Tom Oliver’s presentation at CiderDays 2017. No surprise that Tom says you are reliant upon the fruit Don’t work with culinary pears or apples All about minimum intervention Ferments with wild yeast – does not pitch yeast. Doesn’t use sulfite prior to … Read more
Sign up now for Totally Cider Trip to the UK in April 2018!! – Come along with Ria, the Producer and Host of Cider Chat, as we travel through Somerset and Herefordshire in the UK visiting makers and drinking cider along the way! The trip begins in Bristol, UK on Wednesday April 25 and runs through … Read more
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