Cider Tour Fun feature: Ria Windcaller

211: Tales from CiderCon2020

Enjoy these Snapshots of Tales from CiderCon2020 which details a bit of what I experienced both before the conference, while on the Parajo Valley Cider Tour and then my recap on CiderCon held in Oakland. Thank you to Santa Cruz Cider Company for donating fresh pressed Newtown Pippin juice for the bus full of people … Read more

176 Feature We Like Cider

176: We Like Cider

176: We Like Cider In this episode we begin with: News out and about in Ciderville – Thank you Nathan for becoming a patron of Cider Chat. Nathan is part of Harcourt Apples based in Australia approximately 11/2 hours outside of Melbourne. Audio Snap Shots from the Totally Cider Tour Monterey Bay | California, that … Read more

159: Ciderville Tales | Monterey Bay, CA

The opening song to this week’s chat was written by Robbie Robertson of The Band. In this episode, my cousin Jay brings us in with a snippet of this beautiful song. Thanks Jay! —————— The farmers of Monterey Bay California have been growing apples since the state constitution was first ratified in1849. The primary apple … Read more

Jake Mann in Apple storage box 2

113: Jake Mann | Five Mile Orchard, CA

Jake Mann’s family legacy goes back to the early days of apple growing and shipping in the California. His parent’s ranch Five Mile Orchard is a locally known historical location, where his great, great grandfather settled and built what is known as Sam L. Mann & Company apple storage facility and orchard in the early … Read more

110 Katie and Eric

110: Eric & Katie | Rider Ranch Ciderworks, CA

Eric and Katie Rider are making cider on the hillside of the Santa Cruz mountains. They are dry farming their apple trees and also using apples from Five Mile Orchard in Corralitos. (Jake Mann whose family own’s the orchard will be on an upcoming Cider Chat.) Eric and Katie’s home and cidery is smack in … Read more