According to Jeremy Kidde, co-owner of Warwick, New York's Black Dirt Distillery and Warwick Valley Winery, it’s an accepted fact in the cider community that nothing goes better with a refreshing...
Get to know perry: the fermented beverage of pear juice. Often confused with pear cider (cider with pear juice added), perry is anything but that. Traditionally, perry is crafted from specific perry...
When I spoke with Montana CiderWorks’ Lee McAlpine, she was just preparing to make a batch of the cidery’s semi-dry English-style cider, North Fork. Her specialty is English-style cider, but that's...
After a well-received reception last year, The 2nd Annual Gathering of Farm Cideries will take place at Nine Pin Cider in Albany, New York. On February 27, 11 of the Empire State’s farm cideries...
As the quiet debate continues over whether cider is more like beer or more like wine, plenty of chefs understand that it’s simply its own wonderful thing, meant to be enjoyed with whatever dish...
New York really is the Big Apple. It comes as second nature for apples to be a top crop commodity—the state produces an average of 29.5 million bushels per year, which is the second largest in the...