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Cider Chat

Interviewing cidermakers importers, orchardists, foodies, farmers and cider enthusiasts around the world. Let’s delve into the semantics of cider…or is it hard cider, cidre, sidra or fermented apple juice? The truth is out there in Ciderville and we are going to find it. We toast in celebration of cider; As a libation, a gift from the gods, a taste of terroir, and a hard pressed good time. Ready to quench your thirst? Grab a glass and join this chat! See you in Ciderville!

May 29, 2019

Straw pressing Cider at Sandford Orchards with Barny Butterfield in Devon.

This chat was prerecorded at CiderCon2019.

Barney shared his cidermaking history and how farm hands, were paid with the means to make cider as part of their wages. He said that they weren’t necessarily paid with cider, but instead given the...


May 22, 2019

The Cider Insider | 100 Craft Ciders to Drink Now

The Cider Insider, Susanna Forbes

Enter to win a Free Copy of The Cider Insider by Susanna Forbes.

  • One lucky cider fan will receive a signed copy of this book featuring a "100 Craft Cider to Drink Now"!
  • This giveaway will be held on May 22, 2019 to May 28, 2019.
  • Enter by: Following @ciderchat...


May 15, 2019

180: Cider Is Wine | Simon Day of Once Upon a Tree, UK

This chat was recorded at CiderCon2019 in Chicago.

Simon Day and I did not speak directly on the topic of the “Cider is Wine” debate, but I do suspect that his early upbringing which was intrenched in the wine culture certainly informs him today. When Simon was...


May 8, 2019

Episode 179: Southern Apples | James Creek Ciderhouse, North Carolina

A cider dinner recording from CiderCon2019 in Chicago with Ann Marie and David Thornton of James Creek Ciderhouse in Cameron, North Carolina.

Before this main feature I read an email from a Russian cidermaker, helping us learn a bit more about the...


May 1, 2019

178: WWII and Cider | Paying Tribute on Tour

Midweek on the Totally Cider Tour to Normandy our first stop of the day was to tour the Brittany American Cemetery also referred to as the Saint James Cemetery.

It is located approximately an hour from Mont-Saint-Michel, 3.5 hours from Paris. It lies not in Brittany, but just...