Well this is pretty special! The Cowslip pear is so rare that there’s only one known mother tree in existence, in a magnificent (350 year old) perry orchard near Dymock, Gloucestershire. Blended with a staple 99 Pines single variety, Moorcroft. I’ll guarantee this is a unique, super limited (30L) blend.…
What’s not to like about a perry variety called Gin?! A super light single variety perry, perfect for a summers day tipple. Enjoy hints of elderflower, juniper, nectarine and blackcurrants. Picked with help from Mark in November 2023 from a stunning heritage perry orchard in Gorsley, Herefordshire. 500ml. 5%.
Smooth drinking single variety medium perry. Moorcroft is one of our staple perry favourites that delivers caramel and ice cream flavours. Sourced from two trees near the top of May Hill in September 2023, Moorcroft has previously won 99 Pines awards at the Hereford Cider & Perry competition. Also known…
A cracking blend of Oldfield and other local varieties, including Blakeney Red. Aylton Red and Gin Pear. The Oldfield was kindly picked by Harry, Katie and family, from a previously overgrown orchard. The Blakeney Red was sourced from Jules’ stunning perry orchard near Dymock, Gloucestershire. Pressed in late October 2023…
Like a dry wine, the sweet, dry and acid combo of this Thorn single variety perry delivers fruity citrus flavours with a hint of fig. Picking and pressing Thorn is an art, one day it’s ripe, the next it’s mush and clogging the press like blancmange. Picked from two trees…
A delightfully dry and naturally sparkling cider made using the ancient ancestral method. After handpicking, pressing and fermentation which finishes in the bottle, the cider is aged on its fine lees for 10 months. It is then placed on our antique French riddling rack where it is turned daily by…
The Yarlington Mill apples in this naturally sparkling cider come from an orchard close to our home in Herefordshire’s stunning Golden valley. Planted around 40 years ago, the trees were left to their own devices for around 30 years before we took on the orchard in 2017 and set about…
Raise your glass in celebration of Beltane, the Celtic festival that welcomes Summer and the sun which will nourish and provide us with a bountiful harvest in the Autumn. Fires are lit and leapt over symbolising the leaving behind of Winter’s woes to greet the green months of warmth and…
Sat around a campfire in the beautiful old orchard at Ross Cider one evening in the Summer of 2021, our friend and fellow cidermaker Albert suddenly proclaimed a startling fact. Michelin, the widely planted, famous cider apple, was not in fact Michelin. The apple we all knew and loved had…
In the Summer of 2021 we learned a startling fact. Michelin, the widely planted, famous cider apple, was not in fact Michelin. The apple we all knew and loved had been wrongly named ever since it was brought to these shores from France by the pomologist Henri Michelin in 1883.…
The best orchards are home to more than apple trees. Created entirely by human hand, in our opinion these sacred spots are one of few good marks left on our planet by our all too often destructive race. A perfect orchard will be home to trees allowed to grow old…
And as the cap pops, music to your ears You pour and everyone seems to hear And if the orchard you’re in starts displaying ripened fruits We’ll see you on the dark side of the shrew’ Harvested by hand in November 2020’s erratic weather which included everything from glorious sunshine…
Eadric Silvaticus was perhaps the original Green man; an anti hero thought to have inspired the legend of Robin Hood no less. Treading the red soils of Herefordshire and the Welsh Marches in the early part of the 11th century, Eadric was at the centre of the resistance of the…
Is there anything more wonderful than a sea of sweet smelling, pale pink apple blossoms dappled with soft Spring light, thrumming with the hum of wings transporting gold dust and in turn securing us a harvest? Whilst apple blossom contains both male and female reproductive organs, many varieties of apple…
Named after one of our favourite artists and in celebration of the beautiful borderlands surrounding our wonderful, gregarious town of Hay-on-Wye this perry is made from Blakeney Reds harvested from a little orchard within Hay itself. Community spirit is strong in these hills which are replete with dreamers and awash…
The starer, the wood-cat, the purblind, the furze cat, the skulker, the bleary-eyed, the wall-eyed, the glance-aside and also the hedge-springer. In folklore, Hares have often been associated with the transition from Summer into Autumn, bathed in silver light from the harvest moon, leaping forward to greet the new season.…
The wheel of the year has turned and the light is beginning to creep back in. Imbolc is the Celtic festival of renewal. Gambolling lambs begin to appear in the fields, the first vigorous green shoots spring from the soil and like a slow motion firework display, snow drops and…
Jury is one of the oldest orchards in which we harvest our fruit. Research undertaken at the Museum of Cider showed us that the first trees were planted into this majestic orchard way back in1936. Whilst time has hollowed trunks and weathered branches bristled with lichen, each autumn the fruit…
This single variety Kingston Black is made from apples gathered by hand from three different traditional standard orchards located in as many valleys; the Grey, the Golden and the Wye; all containing magical old orchards which are havens for wildlife and biodiversity. Rich in the apples’ own natural sugars this…
“By one, two, three and four, sweep Lammas gifts to my door. May abundance be a constant friend, by my hearth till Winter’s end.” By late Summer, the abundance we hoped for during our Spring Beltane celebrations is a reality. Pickling gherkins, plaiting onions, scything hay and winnowing seed, the…
‘Listen to the wind blow Watch the sun rise’ From blossom to glass, two years have passed. Sometimes we wish we had a crystal ball with which to predict the exact outcomes of our blends but inescapably, we have to patiently trust and hope that our knowledge of the varieties…
Our cider is made from apples and apples only with fruit gathered carefully by hand from wild old orchards, long forgotten by humans but beloved by bird and beast. Deep roots plough the rich red soil made fertile by worms, reaching down to extract complex nutrients to swell fruit come…
Our cider is made from apples and apples only with fruit gathered carefully by hand from wild old orchards, long forgotten by humans but beloved by bird and beast. Deep roots plough the rich red soil made fertile by worms, reaching down to extract complex nutrients to swell fruit come…
Polyphenols are natural compounds found in plants that act as antioxidants and are excellent at protecting your body from damage caused by harmful molecules called free radicals. The good news is that cider apples are well known to be stuffed full of polyphenolic tannins! The hand-picked fruit that went into…