by Rachel Bolongaro | Mar 6, 2020 | News
On a recent trip to the UK we took the opportunity to explore the three counties area of Britain – the traditional heart land of cider and perry production. From our rented coach house apartment in Hereford we set out on our bikes to tour a few of the different...
by Rachel Bolongaro | May 26, 2019 | Life at the Cidery, News
We poured recently at the BC Cider Festival in North Vancouver – a great event with over 2000 enthusiastic cider lovers all looking to try the bounty of BC’s orchards. Many of the participating cideries are members of the BC Farm Crafted Cider Association...
by Rachel Bolongaro | Apr 9, 2019 | News
I get asked this question a lot! While admittedly we can spend the whole winter season in the one set of work clothes and we don’t have to brush our hair as often we’re still as busy at the cidery as during the summer. In fact it sometimes seems more frantic, but...
by Rachel Bolongaro | Jun 28, 2018 | News
We often get asked why we have a chicken on our logo – after all what does cider have to do with chickens of any type or colour? When Teresa, our graphic designer presented me with the various options for our logo back in 2015 my initial reaction was the same. ...
by Rachel Bolongaro | May 24, 2018 | News
We opened the cidery three weeks earlier than usual this year and while I would like to say its because we’re more organized or committed the simple truth is that I wasn’t going on holiday this May. Last year Sean and I celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary...
by Rachel Bolongaro | Apr 19, 2018 | News
As we get ready to open the doors for our third season, this is still a question I get asked all the time when I tell people what I do for a living. I can’t really complain, we’ve been rushed off our feet with customers tasting and enjoying the cider most weekends...
by Rachel Bolongaro | Sep 18, 2017 | News
We’ve had lots of interest in this year’s Community Press to be held on Sunday October 1st so here are all the details so you can plan your participation! Here is the general overview of how it works – Participants turn up to the cidery with their...
by Rachel Bolongaro | Apr 12, 2017 | News
I still remember the first club I ever joined. It was called the Tufty Club and I was four. Tufty was a red squirrel, nattily dressed in a little blue jacket and he was all about road safety. I remember the excitement of receiving my membership package in the...
by Rachel Bolongaro | Mar 2, 2017 | Life at the Cidery
As we move through life its very easy to focus on what we haven’t done rather than what we have achieved. As an A-type personality with a list obsession, I’m always guilty of seeing the list half un-ticked. When we first purchased our farm back in 2014, I began a...
by Rachel Bolongaro | Jan 18, 2017 | Life at the Cidery
As Blue Monday rolls around (supposedly the most depressing day of the year) there is reason for cheer and high jinks in the orchard. On Old Twelfth Night (January 17th) people have for hundreds of years “wassailed” their orchard to ensure a bountiful crop for the...
