Smooth drinking medium perry. Awarded 2nd place in the 2023 Hereford International Cider & Perry competition, this 99 Pines favourite delivers caramel and vanilla ice cream flavours. This variety is also known as Stinking Bishop, but don’t let this put you off – there’s nothing stinky about this smooth operator!…
Our first orchard by blend, and what an orchard! Tawneys is a rare and beautiful 17th Century perry orchard near Dymock. Blended during pressing, this sweet perry delivers gooseberry, sorrel, oak and lime flavours with soft tannins and a long finish…enjoy! 500ml. 6%.
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…
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…
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…
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…
The planting of a perry pear tree is a gift for future generations. These amazing trees will continue to produce bountiful fruit for centuries, whilst supporting a wealth of biodiversity from the tip of their roots to the apex of their leafy crown. Unique to only a few regions on…
The size of a cherry and colour of a ruby the Knotted Kernel is one of the most beautiful and unusual apples we work with. Rich and unctuous, it provides the back bone of this delicious sparkling cider whilst the apples Yarlington Mill and Kingston Black add a smoky spiciness.…
Our beloved apple variety, the Knotted Kernel provides the rich, unctuous back bone of this delicious cider The addition of Kingston Black and Yarlington Mill add a smoky spiciness, whilst a helping of zingy Browns makes it all come together. With a light lemony acidity and a subtle marzipan aftertaste,…
‘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…
A moment of contemplative calm is the perfect accompaniment for this cider. Enjoy either on a sunny afternoon, whilst lazing by the banks of a river, with friends seated around a campfire or curled up in your favourite chair, an excellent book in hand. Yarlington Mill and Lambrook Pippin are…
When life gives you beetroots, put them in a cider. A marriage of heroically purple beetroot juice, Russet and Bramley Cider and fresh Gala juice combines to give you an earthy, sweet, and luxurious cider like you have never experienced before. 330ml. 4%
Sparkling lemon, lime and red grape cider. This blend features Russet and Bramley cider, fresh Gala apples, lemons, limes and red grapes. The tart citrus joins forces with the ciders acid, puckering you up for a kiss of sweet red grape, before rounding out to a dry finish. 330ml. 4%.