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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. [...]
NY Times Tips FH Xtra Dry for Thanksgiving
November 15th: The New York Times’ Eric Asimov recommended two Northeastern ciders, Farnum Hill Extra Dry and West County’s Redfield (Colrain, MA) for Thanksgiving. We are delighted for ourselves and for our pals at West County. http://dinersjournal.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/15/what-can-i-drink-at-thanksgiving-besides-wine/
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 [...]
News Too Much To Fit
Seriously, we all know, the more that goes on the less time there is to write about it. Bulletins below. 1. Farmstand: Unbelievably wet days chained together during much of September, rain coming down like the bars of a cage, particularly during the traditionally apple-mad weekend at the end of the month. But people have [...]
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 [...]
