50 States of Cider: Ciderland USA: Washington

CIDERLAND USA: WASHINGTON

Includes Makers of Cider, Perry, Fruit Wines, Meads, and Ice Ciders.

Last updated February 17, 2013.

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WASHINGTON

CIDER MAKERS (14):

Alpenfire Cider

Port Townsend, WA

Dragon’s Head Cider

Vashon Island, WA

Eaglemount Wine and Cider

Port Townsend, WA

Finnriver Farm and Ciderhouse

Chimacum, WA

Liberty Cider NEW twitter @LibertyCider

Spokane, WA

Methow Valley Ciderhouse

Winthrop, WA

Orondo Cider Works

Orondo, WA

Red Barn Cider

Mt. Vernon, WA

Rockridge Orchards and Cidery

Enumclaw, WA

Snowdrift Cider Co.

East Wenatchee, WA

Spire Mountain Hard Ciders Fish Brewing Company

Olympia, WA

Tieton Cider Works

Tieton, WA

Westcott Bay Cider

San Juan Island, WA

Whiskey Barrel Cider Company

Pullman, WA

Whitewood Cider

Olympia, WA

STATE & REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:

Northwest Cider Association

The Northwest Cider Association is a trade organization formed by cider producers throughout the Pacific Northwest in order to promote awareness of regional artisanal ciders among the public.

Visit NWCA – By the Glass or By The Bottle – to find cider vendors in Washington State.

WASHINGTON APPLE & CIDER FACTS:

Washington is the No. 1 apple producing state in the USA.

Washington’s State Fruit is the apple.

Washington has 7 main apple production areas.

It’s believed the first apple seeds arrived at Fort Vancouver, in what is now Washington State, by traveling in a gentleman’s waistcoat pocket via a Hudson Bay Company sailing vessel in 1826 .

The fascinating history of Washington’s (still living) Oldest Apple Tree, complied by Robert J. Cromwell, Ph.D., Archaeologist with the National Parks Service and Fort Vancouver, can be read here.

sources:

http://www.applejournal.com

http://www.agribusiness-mgmt.wsu.edu

http://www.cityofvancouver.us

Please leave a comment if you have Washington State cider resources to add.

3 thoughts on “50 States of Cider: Ciderland USA: Washington”

Cider Guide (@ciderguide) says:

January 16, 2013 at 2:24 PM

I’m fairly certain that Sheffield only makes non-alcoholic sparkling juices. It’s unclear from their website if this is true, but that’s how their products are described here: http://www.sweetwatercellars.com/apple.html. If it’s true, I should remove Sheffield from my map!

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unitedstatesofcider says:

January 16, 2013 at 3:01 PM

Thank you for the Sweetwater Cellars link, was not aware of that site. And thanks for pointing out it appears Sheffield only makes sweet ciders, no mention on their site about ABV or “hard” cider. I just sent them an email to confirm they only make sweet cider and are not imminently going into hard cider production. Thanks for the reminder that even though it’s juice or cider to us here at USofC – not everyone, including the US government follows that line of thinking. Adjusting the entry now.

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Ladies and Gentlemen A Cider Is Announced: WASHINGTON | UnitedStatesofCider says:

September 17, 2013 at 2:45 PM

[…] posted our first A-Z List: WASHINGTON, on January 16, 2013. We recorded 14 Washington cider making […]

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