Every Tuesday, when Steve was growing up, his Dad would be out that evening drinking cider with friends at the Cider Cellar, at the farm outside of Buffalo. That memory is his first on cider. Years later this professional musician and self taught cidermaker merged his love of the Finger Lakes and quality craftsmanship into … Read more
Eric Shatt on Select Cider Varieties and of Redbyrd Cider “Everything about cider started for me in this old orchard, up the road.” Says Eric. That abandoned orchard which first inspired Eric isn’t there anymore, but he recalls the wild seedling trees that were growing in the hedgerow around the forgotten orchard. It was there … Read more
Where does a Cornell University Pomologist do upon retirement? They start a cidery, of course! Ian Merwin says, founding Black Diamond Cider, in Trumansburg, New York is his 4th career. He has lived in California, Chile, France and now on the west side of Cayuga Lake in the Finger Lakes Region of New York state. … Read more
In 1996 Bellwether Hard Cider and Wine Cellars opened for business in a repurposed chicken hatchery in upper New York state in the Finger Lakes regions surrounding Lake Cayuga. Now in its 23rd year of business, this family operation makes both cider, wine and is now planning to get into distilling. This chat began outdoors … Read more
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