Ahead of English Wine Week, Visit Essex released a wide-ranging look at vineyard tourism in Essex, highlighting everything from wine tastings and vineyard stays to concerts, weddings, food events, picnics, and overnight accommodations among the vines. According to figures cited by the tourism organization, visits to UK vineyards have increased by 55% to 1.5 million … 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
Ohio has launched its first Hard Cider Trail, highlighting 14 cideries across the state. Yet a few notable cider makers, including DOPE Cider House and Bent Ladder, remind us that Ohio’s cider story extends beyond any official map.
Since 2018, Totally Cider Tours has brought cider enthusiasts directly into orchards, cider houses, and farmhouse cider culture across Europe. In this episode Walking Through Orchard Country This tour followed the blooms across the West Country during one of the most beautiful stretches of spring weather imaginable. Along the way we visited: Guests shared what … Read more
Three days after Hungary’s landmark April 12 election, Cider Chat MC Ria Windcaller arrived to find a country full of blossoms, possibility, and an emerging cider culture. In this episode enjoy a Budapest to Pécs travelogue featuring audio snapshots from Hungary’s first Cider Salon, with makers from across Central Europe, Eastern Europe, and beyond. Spring … Read more
UK Cider Tour 2025 Audio Snap Shots In this Episode 469 of Cider Chat, we brings listeners inside the UK Totally Cider Tour 2025 through the voices of the guests who joined. From Somerset, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, to Wales guests on this tour discovered not just cider and perry, but also community, history, and inspiration. First … Read more
The chat with Jérôme Dupont on this podcast episode 98 begins at 8:02 minutes in! The Domaine Dupont Background story The Louis Dupont Family Estate is a 70 acre (30 hectares) orchard that was bought by selling the family’s stock of calvados. In this chat I speak with Jérôme Dupont the great grandson of Jules … Read more
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