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Snow Saved Apples from Frost, November 2011

Lookin’ trendy in the bins. When the weather service starts predicting overnight lows around 20-25 degrees F, harvest gets crazy. A few hours at around 22 degrees will destroy the cell walls within an apple. Most years, not much of the crop still hangs in the open air when hard-freeze scares begin. But in late [...]
As the Cider World Turns….News Roundup

When we get really busy with harvest and bottling and fermentation and Cider Week events and Dooryard’s launch, our attention sometimes shifts away from things like updating our blog. But we’ve made it through the Thanksgiving push and are catching up on work of all sorts. So, at long last, here’s the Cider News Roundup. [...]
Where’s That Dooryard?

Early November, 2011: Whoof! Faster still, the mad pace of Dooryard outflow toward regional cider drinkers has the FH cider-room team glowing, and grousing, as never before. The first New Jersey Dooryard has rolled into the Garden State, where Hunterdon will roll it out. Plus, dear old SD, XD, KB and even XDS are showing [...]
Cider News Roundup, pre-harvest edition

Well, summer is coming to a close at Poverty Lane Orchards. We’ve noticed that as temperatures drop, the cider world comes to life. So before we get even farther behind on our scan of cider news, here’s an update from near and far. (CW) First, a huge congratulations and shout out to the Northwest Cider [...]
Cider Tree Pruning at Poverty Lane Orchards

Sawyer Broadley, our talented, helpful and patient video guy, recently finished work on a new Poverty Lane pruning video. I like the contrast between the steamy raspberry picking weather and the wintry orchard scenes. Take a look at it if you’re feeling a bit hot today! -Corrie
Celebrating Northwest Cider

This weekend, the group of folks who make up the Northwest Cider Association are staging a “Summer Cider Day” in Port Townsend, Washington. We’re particular fans of (and friends of) Dave White (aka Old Timey Dave), who was featured in Hanna Raskin’s piece from the Seattle Weekly. We are so thrilled that cider seems to [...]
Julian Temperley’s Orchards

From The Telegraph’s Rose Prince comes an article on Steve’s colleague (and friend) Julian Temperley. Excerpts below, or check out the full article, which includes a nod to Temperley’s fashion-designer daughter, Alice. While waiting for the second coming, we make do with celebrity chefs as saviours. Not that they are doing a bad job. Hugh [...]
Talking Dooryard Cider with Chris…

Serious Eats/The Cider Press’ cider man, Chris Lehault, was at a recent meeting at Jimmy’s 43 to plan the first NYC Cider Week, a celebration of all things cider and apple-y this fall during the week of October 10. I updated Chris on some of the new things going on at the orchard, and he [...]
Carry Your Dinner NYC with Farnum Hill Ciders

This weekend Farnum Hill Ciders will be featured at one of our most unusual events to date, at a futuristic take-away dinner as part of the Festival of Ideas For The New City, a celebration of what New York may look like many years from now. On Saturday, we’ll be part of a wonderfully weird [...]
Spring notes from Steve

From Steve’s “about to leave, going to talk apples in Virginia” note…. Spring is springing here, and we’re relieved. We’ve finally had a normal winter and early spring – no terrifying hot spells, especially in March. The trees are waking up at a gentle pace now, but will get pretty excited over the next few [...]
Cider News Roundup…It’s Spring!

Hope springs eternal! The resurgence of the cider category (and news thereof….) means we are all hoping that cider is going to be a fact of American imbibing. The charming Chris Lehault (I just met him last month at famed beer geek mecca, NYC’s Blind Tiger) of Serious Eats/Serious Drinks/The Cider Press, shines a spotlight [...]
Eating the Rind: Farnum Hill Chutney

From our outpost in Boston, Jess C experiments with some pairings, and a fabulous recipe. From her blog, Eating the Rind: I recently had the pleasure of hosting a fantastic event on behalf of my company, Farnum Hill Ciders. It was an evening of cider and delicious pairings like fried olives, duck pastrami, smoked salmon [...]
Cider…the (manly?) libation of our forebears

We’ve known for a while that apples grow well in various climates throughout this country. A recent article by Mike Gruss of the Virginian-Pilot highlights legislation to support the work of orchardists and cider makers who enjoy a kinder, gentler climate than we do. Kudos to our colleagues at Foggy Ridge Ciders and Albemarle CiderWorks, [...]
Cider News Roundup…mid Feb edition

Greetings all from Poverty Lane and Farnum Hill! We have been quite busy traveling, shoveling snow, and launching our Dooryard cider on draft in New York, Boston and the beloved New Hampshire home market. But happily, we find that cider is again made the news, so here’s a quick sampling of what we’ve found recently. [...]
Idaho Ciders and the Right Fruit

From Idaho, writer Guy Hand makes the case for American ciders. His article appeared recently in Boise Weekly: After all, we’re not tasting beer or wine here. It’s bright, slightly sweet, but far from cloying, and as Oates says, makes a U-turn on the tongue toward a kind of fruity astringency. I don’t know much [...]
Fruit to Glass, Making Real Cider

From cider fan and Serious Eats writer Chris Lehault comes another instructive article about cider. He’s totally right – true cider starts in the orchard. From the ciderriffic Mr. Lehault: Developing a delicious hard cider is no easy feat. From farmer to scientist to master blender, aspiring cidermakers take on a variety of roles through [...]
Holiday Gifts: Land Protection, Cider Apples

Happy holiday news for the Upper Valley, from the Upper Valley Land Trust website: The Plainfield Cider Orchard has been protected through a conservation easement purchased from landowners Steve Wood and Peter Williamson in a bargain sale, with support from the New Hampshire Land & Community Heritage Investment Program (LCHIP) [see New Hampshire Partners with [...]
Sweet Cider thoughts from NPR

T. Susan Chang offers some thoughts on that other cider, the brown, sweet kind from NPR’s Kitchen Window…. Apples. From the moment their season starts, they’re the Miss America of fruit, piled high in the supermarket, tucked into your kid’s lunchbox, hanging heavy and low in the orchards like original sin itself. You may like [...]
Cider: soil & peels, pine crates and autumn air

Another cyder-space article, by Carly Wray of the Spir.it. Traditional hard apple cider is the spirit world’s safe zone, a Switzerland of sorts where wine, beer, and liquor enthusiasts can lay down their arms and split a killer lamb burger. The best, most authentic versions give a wide berth to their deeply sweet, non-alcoholic brethren [...]
Holiday Gifting for Cider Geeks, revised

It’s a big day for Northwest cider and Northwest Cidermakers — the publication of their of Washington State University’s long awaited publication “Hard Cider Production and Orchard Management in the Pacific Northwest.” So instead of the latest best seller or Harry Potter knock-off, we recommend this for the cider geek on your holiday list. And [...]
Cranberry Sauce & Cider Chicken Braise

From Eating the Rind’s blog, a recipe for cider-braised chicken with a delightful-sounding cranberry sauce. Also a way to clear your liquor cabinet of some remnants! Port Cranberry Sauce (Adapted from Emeril’s Cranberry Sauce) Combine 12 oz. bag cranberries, 1/4 c. port, 1/2 c. sugar, zest of one orange, and one half of a cinnamon [...]
FH Cider Forecast: ‘Dooryard’ bottles await labels

5/20/2011 Dooryard Latest: bottles filled, labels coming. Wow, the paragraphs below look pretty whiny now. For months it’s been Dooryard Dooryard Dooryard in the cider room, kegs going out, good reports so far. Bottles filled up and stacked high. Next big step: find out whether anyone wants all this bottled Dooryard. When the new labels [...]
Terry Maloney plus Cider on Maine Public Radio

CiderDays is a community event celebrating all things apples in Franklin County, Massachusetts. 2010 marks the 16th year of this event and there will be two days of orchard tours, cidermaking and tastings, workshops and much more. This is for all who love apples, fresh or hard cider, apple cuisine, apple orchards or just being [...]
Cider Chat with Louisa (Video at 11)

Another busy week ended with our very own Louisa Spencer featured at Astor Wines, both pouring cider and talking about how she and Steve got into the cider business. Louisa talks cider with Astor Wines, NYC. Take a few minutes to watch when you have a chance!
Columbus Day, Carboys & Cider (Sweet!)

Greetings from the absolutely beautiful Poverty Lane Orchards! The upper valley is poised to explode with events of all types — from Windsor’s Harvest Festival tonight to Dartmouth athletics all weekend and fantastic local events in White River Junction Sunday. Leaf peeping is in full swing (check the foliage indicator if you’re really interested) and [...]