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Category Archives: Orchards
New York Orchard and Cidery Car Trip
I got on the train back upstate and felt a wave of relief. New York City is exciting but hard work. I don’t know how you all do it down there in the City, day in and day out? I … Continue reading
Posted in Landscapes, North America, Northeast, Orchards
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NY Cider Week: Food Systems Network NYC, New York Apples and the Growing Hard Cider Industry
This Food Systems Network NYC event was co-Hosted by Glynwood, Slow Food NYC, and 61 Local. The event brought together Sara Grady from Glynwood and three orchardists and cider makers from the Hudson Valley region. Tim Dressel from Kettleborough Cider … Continue reading
Posted in Cider Week, Events, North America, Northeast, Orchards
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Cider Foragers
Foraging Follow-up to the post about Aaron Burr Ciders: As I was driving up NY 97 along the Delaware River, I noticed quite a lot of roadside apple trees laden with fruit just north of Hankins and south of Hancock. … Continue reading
Posted in Landscapes, North America, Northeast, Orchards
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NY Cider Week: Meet the Cider Maker – Aaron Burr Cider’s Andy Brennan @ Proletariat
Crowded into a long narrow bar in the East Village called the Proletariat, where a steady stream of changing craft beers on tap lures beer geeks, a group of about 20-30 folks waited in the dim glow for the arrival … Continue reading
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Too many pears, Too little labour
Check out this NPR story on the enormous pear crop and labour shortage in the Pacific Northwest. http://www.npr.org/2013/10/07/230023629/pacific-northwest-farmers-in-search-of-more-workers
Posted in Landscapes, North America, Northwest, Orchards
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Rare Variety Cider Tasting with John Teiser
Possibly one of the most interesting, lovely, and helpful people I have met during my cider travels has been the incomparable John Teiser, producer of Springherne Cider. John introduced me to Broome Farm and has helped in many ways to … Continue reading
Posted in Apple Varieties, Orchards, Tasting, UK
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Back at the Broome
I have returned to Broome Farm for a visit about six months after my departure, and it’s almost like I never left. So lovely to slip right back into drinking some amazing cider outside the cellar with the regulars at … Continue reading
Posted in Apple Varieties, Landscapes, Orchards, Perry, UK
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Cider With Maria 