Charles McGonegal is full time cider geek who also happens to have a day job as a petro chemist. He and his wife Melissa founded AEppelTreow Winery in Wisconsin in 2001. Why AEppelTreow? Charles says, “I wanted a name that was a little pretentious and not French” Charles has a particular fondness for Perry and has … Read more
Keeving Made Simple, but oh so Dandy at Worley’s Cider Neil Worley’s makes cider in the area of Great Britain called Somerset. Climb the high hill at the farm and your can see the Bristol Channel. It is a remote location by UK standards and the soil at the farm is only 3 inches in … Read more
Neil MacDonald is a self described “man of the soil”. He co-launched Orchard Pig Cider in 2004. His specialty is apple growing and the primary process of the cidermaking at Orchard Pig Cider. I spoke with Neil while at CiderCon in Portland Oregon. Neil was granted a scholarship from the Nuffield Farming Scholarship Trust which has … Read more
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