The history of cider is fascinating! Some historical texts say that the history of cider began some fifty million years in the past when it’s believed that the initial apple trees began to produce fruit here on earth. However it’d be a really long while before the first apple cider drin...
The large quantity of apples produced, however, were not primarily for eating. Almost all of them went into the production of cider. Cider is a fermented beverage that is primarily made out of apples. I could do an entire episode on cider, which is one of my favorite beverages. The origi...
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Fall is the perfect time of year to contemplate a glass of apple cider. When else do we have the irresistible urge to pick, cook, and drink this seasonal fruit? What I mean by cider isn't the sweet, cloudy beverage that we tend to buy only in the autumn at the farmers' market; ...
Steps of Pride Canada Our History This cider is more than a cider It’s a drop of refreshing optimism. Perfect for sharing in the company of good friends, family and odd acquaintances. The delicious Somersby apple cider was first bottled during an incredible apple harvest in Denmark in the...
. They saved the seed and planted those. And what happens when you plant apples from seed is you get all different kinds of apples. Every single seed in an apple produces a different variety, most of which are useless. However, apples grown from seed are perfectly good for making cider....
Thanks to Peter Specie, Smith Minkler, Peter Minkler’s son, obtained seedlings that he used to breed the famed Minkler Apple, a commercial favorite during the era when cider and cider vinegar were big business. Shortly after arriving, two of the Minkler party—Peter Minkler’s mother and...
Apples Were Once As Good As Gold We love apples! And in the colonial era, we loved them so much, we used hard apple cider as payment. Sign up for Inside History Get HISTORY’s most fascinating stories delivered to your inbox three times a week. ...
Preston begins farming biodynamically, under the guidance of Philippe Cordery. 2011 Introduction of first sulfite-free Organic Syrah. 2015 First hard apple cider produced using estate apples. 2017 Matt Norelli retires as Preston winemaker after over 20 years of work in the cellar. ...