Grab the slippers, the house is on fire! In February of 2021, Nicole and Felix Todd had a chimney fire at the their home and the damage done made it unlivable. Having a fire even in the best of times is an ordeal, but during a pandemic is a whole other ball of wax. Felix … Read more
Gone Fishing Ok, so maybe I’m not full on fishing this week, but if I get a chance you know where I will be – out on the water with my fishing pole…actually the heat is so high this week that maybe I will just take a floaty and leave the pole home. Cider Chat … Read more
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: 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
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’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
Robby Honda owner and cidermaker at Tanuki Cider is one of a growing number of cidermakers in the Santa Cruz Mountains of California. Robby’s chat begins at 27:57 minutes in. Before we get to Robby I share my tips on managing you cider once the initial fermentation has slowed down. We chat: Racking cider Sulfite … Read more
Scrumping, gluten intolerance and the ingenuity of two sisters helped launched Santa Cruz Cider Company in 2010. Scrumping: Taking apples from a forgotten orchard that is owned by someone else. When Nicole Todd and sister Natalie Henze found a forgotten orchard loaded with apples, they decided to go scrumping. That orchard is now owned by … Read more
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