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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 [...]
Cider and Apple News Roundup

Yup, it’s fall! So the cider news ticker is exploding. Some of our recent mentions for your perusal follow… From the lovely and talented Sarah Chappell on Palate Press, an overview of cider today in the US. This segment makes the cut due to David Flaherty’s spot-on description of Steve Wood, our very own grower [...]
Pick-Your-Own 2010 (Seek Your Own?) is so much fun!

Sounds kind of obvious perhaps but the iffiness of Pick-Your-Own this year has reminded us of how much we love it. The Big 2010 Apple Shortage originally caused us to decide against offering PYO at the start of the season. Then after two weeks in the retail tent with no pick-your-own we opened up Big [...]
VT CiderFest Oct 2; West Coast Summit Recap

David White, a cider enthusiast on the West Coast, was lucky enough to attend last weekend’s Cider Summit N.W., which was a combination benefit and cider tasting. Whole Foods Market co-sponsored the event and many cider makers were on hand to discuss their ciders. Dave wrote about the event on his Old Time Cider blog [...]
Xerces Society and Poverty Lane Orchards

The Xerces Society is a nonprofit organization that protects wildlife through the conservation of invertebrates and their habitat. Established in 1971, the Society is at the forefront of invertebrate protection worldwide, harnessing the knowledge of scientists and the enthusiasm of citizens to implement conservation programs. Recently, the Xerces Society mentioned Steve’s commitment to habitat preservation [...]
September 11 Cider Summit, Left Coast Style…

Congratulations to our colleagues from Wandering Aengus Ciderworks! They’ve helped begin a Northwest Cider Association, and also are leading the charge for real ciders next by helping put together the first Cider Summit in Seattle. So Seattle area peeps, be sure to get your fill of US, UK and Canuck ciders for a benefit tasting [...]
In A Time Before Refrigeration…..

All Cider was Hard. So begins Jim Collins from Yankee Magazine, who wrote about Farnum Hill Ciders in the September/October article, First Light: A House Where Cider Rules. He visited Poverty Lane Orchards last year to interview Steve, and I remember being impressed with — or surprised by — the lead time Yankee requested. But [...]
New York and New Jersey, here we come!

Another week at Poverty Lane Orchards and Farnum Hill Ciders is concluding in a flurry of work. I have just the smallest sense of what it means to move an army — as we’re deploying three people in three different locations Monday and Tuesday of next week. We’ll be working in New Jersey with Hunterdon, [...]
Farnum Hill’s Boston Blitz, Help Needed

After some holiday time, traveling time and kid flapping time, I’m starting to get back into work mode. We had a visit from charming Amanda, a Boston-area Bruins fan, wine blogger, and cider enthusiast this past Saturday. (She blogs at the Wineing Woman so check that out.) Jess and I walked her through some of [...]
NH News Coverage of Poverty Lane/Farnum Hill

Poverty Lane Orchards and Farnum Hill Ciders were featured in the local press recently, for quite entirely different reasons. On Thursday, July 15, our local paper wrote about the recent Value Added Producers Grant we received through the US Department of Agriculture. This grant, matched with our own funds, will help us develop the market [...]
Friends in Far Places

Regardless of whether Al Gore invented the internet or not, there is always something new to discover online! West Coast force of nature Jacquie Phelan was kind enough to write up Farnum Hill Ciders — and Steve Wood’s annual foray on the bike (100 miles!), a local benefit ride called the Prouty. Here’s an excerpt [...]
Listen to Cider History

Got about 15 minutes? Interested in hearing about early American cider traditions? It is well worth your time, courtesy of the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities’ radio show, With Good Reason. This interview with Dr. David Williams traces the colonial history of cider, explains how large a “tankard” of cider really is (a half-gallon) and [...]
Kingston Black Reviewed by our friend, Old Timey Dave

There is a group of cider fans throughout the world, and the West-Coast based Old Timey Dave is one of our favorites. On his Old Time Cider website he tracks current cider producers, reviews ciders, and generally supports apples and their fermentation. On June 10, 2010 he reviewed our Kingston Black Cider on the Old [...]
Tuthilltown Spirits’ visit to PovCo

When Tuthilltown’s Hudson Whiskey was recently featured in Food & Wine Magazine, (with a terrific photo of their distillers on left, © Darryl Estrine) I sent a congratulatory email to the charming and capable Joel Elder from Tuthilltown Spirits, who had visited us in May. Not only did he write up a short guest blog [...]
Governor’s Island BrewFest

If you’re a NY area fan of food, beer and cider, you might want to check out an event this Saturday on Governor’s Island. The 4th annual NY Brewfest, presented by Heartland Brewery, will be held on Saturday, June 19th, 2010 from 3:30PM until 8:00PM on New York City’s Governors Island. The festival is a [...]
Farmhouse Cask in Burlington; Farmhouse Tap & Grill

Perhaps some of Farnum Hill fans out there know that we’ve been working on building our presence in the wild world of beer. Fortunately, our neighbors right across the Connecticut river — that is, Vermonters — have some of the best craft beers (and beer bars!) around. We have been working with Paul Sayler at [...]
Growler Origins and June Cider Samplings

Well, the cider gnomes have been busy, and we’ve shipped out more than 150 cases (and 30 kegs too; those lucky New Yorkers!) this week, mostly of the delicious Summer Cider. We’re starting our weekend early as always with Thirsty Thursday here at Poverty Lane, with growler refills from noon to 6 PM. Not sure [...]
BevX.com Cider Features

The minute I spoke to Sean at BevX.com, I suspected he might have some experience drinking cider. From his charming accent to an interest in rugby and single malts — well, you can imagine, I’m sure! So his online magazine dedicated to beer, wine, spirits, travel, and fun seems to be hitting the spot. Subscribe [...]
Out and About, Mid/Late May edition

Another busy few days for all of us at Farnum Hill Ciders — Louisa is in Brooklyn, working with our retailers and restaurant partners; she’ll be topping off the visit with a tasting Thursday at the ever-popular Heights Chateau. Newcomer Mackenzie is pouring at Downtown Wines & Spirits Thursday in Somerville (so please be nice [...]
Behind on Blogs….some recent mentions

We have had a couple of recent reviews and mentions, the first from NYC-based Hoptopia of our XDry Still Cider (perhaps our cider maker’s favorite offering). RELEASE: Year Round THE ABV. 7.5% | IBU’s. ? THE NOSE: Musk, Tarragon, Leather, Gooseberry, Pear Juice THE TASTE: Radish, White Cranberry, Pineapple, Dill Pickle, Iceberg Lettuce THE BOTTOMLINE: [...]
Friday musings, and a busy cider week

This week was pretty crazy at the orchard with temperature swings, bottling challenges, and an outage of SemiDry Cider. But the week ended with a beautiful spring day — sunny, warm and windy — and I started thinking about what makes Poverty Lane/Farnum Hill wonderful. One of the pleasures of working in a small company [...]
Cider apples keep you healthy, so drink up!

When we are introducing ciders to a new audience, we often are asked about the health benefits of fermented apples. Ciders are lower in alcohol than wine, and are naturally gluten-free. But wait — there’s even more, from a study at the University of Glasgow. Here’s their update on the health benefits of cider, from [...]
And now, a word from across the pond…..

Our friends Jim and Fiona are cider fans from England — and they visited last fall sampling ciders around northern New England. Jim recently posted his photos from the visit to Poverty Lane — and was thoughtful enough to also include Gary Vaynerchuk’s Farnum Hill Ciders review. Check out all things cider at his Real [...]
Out and About: Barnyard Pets, Baller Wines

Farnum Hill’s cider slinging women — Jess, Louisa, Christy, Lissa, Marcia and I — will be out and about this weekend at a number of New England events big and small. (CW) I start the adventures tomorrow with an early sales meeting at the Danvers, Massachusetts offices of our distributor, Craft Brewers. Then off to [...]