Apple Tales with Darlene Hayes The modern cider enthusiast tends to think of England when the subject of famous apples for cider comes up, but the United States has had its fair share, as well....
I spend a lot of time thinking about apples and what happens when you ferment them. I’ve literally spent years seeking out ciders made from a single variety hoping that I can begin to understand...
Apple Tales with Darlene Hayes The golden days of August are a time of great abundance in California’s Sonoma County where the late summer air around the small town of Sebastopol is perfumed with...
Apple Tales with Darlene Hayes There were trees as far as the eye could see, boughs heavy with apples ripening in the golden October sun – 1.6 million trees growing on an estimated 40,000 acres at...
We are seeing more and more ciders on the market made with a single variety of apple these days. Many of these varieties are not the ones we see in the typical grocery store, so where did they come...