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217: Omnia Era of Cider | Pommes in Art

Omnia Era of Cider | Pommes in Art Omni is defined as being a bit of everything. With that definition in place it is fair to say that Cider is in the Era of Omnia. Let’s search for the fruit of the story from the Renaissance era to the often-bizarre works of the Mannerist painter … Read more

Apples in a Dish - Renoir - Cider Chat

Pierre-Auguste Renoir |Apples in a Dish, 1883

Peirre-Auguste Renoir was born on the 25th of February 1841 and passed away on the 3rd of December 1919. He was a French Impressionist painter.  Via Wikipedia: Impressionism is a 19th-century art movement begun by a group of Paris-based artists whose independent exhibitions brought them to prominence during the 1870s and 1880s. The Impressionists faced harsh … Read more

094: Discovering Luxembourg w/Ramborn Cider Company

Ramborn Cider Company located in Luxembourg is helping to revive the cidermaking tradition  as the country’s first commercial cidery.  Ramborn offers a range cider styles from Farmhouse,  Somerset Blend (Luxembourg and English cider apples) and a New World hopped cider. Ramborn has an eau de vie which is a apple brandy produced by means of fermentation and … Read more

Paul Cézanne, Still Life with Apple and Pears

Paul Cézanne is one of the great Post-Impressionist (a predominantly French art movement that developed roughly between 1886 and 1905) painters of the 19th century.  Cézanne painted landscapes, portraits, and complex still lifes. From his window he looked out onto the French landscape of Provence. His still with apples and pears are renown. Cézanne once … Read more

092: Brad Glover | Swilled Dog Hard Cider, West Virginia

Swilled Dog Hard Cider is a family owned cidery located in the Shenandoah Valley of West Virginia. Swilled Dog launched in January 2017, and and began selling its wares in March. This is the 2nd cider company to launch in the past five years in West Virginia, the first being Hawk Nob Appalachian Hard Cider … Read more