Links & Details:
tickets via Eventbrite
Millstone American Farmhouse Cidery’s 2nd Annual Apple Blossom Festival Is May 16th, In Parkton, Maryland.
Cider Coast To Coast: Cider Rite Of Spring and GOOD CIDER
Celebrate Spring, Drink Local and Enjoy Good Cider.
NWCA’s annual Cider Rite of Spring, March 21st, 12-5 PM Portland.
Explore New York Cider at the 1st ever GOOD CIDER event, March 18th from 6-9 PM.
IT’S CIDER WEEK IN NYC
Check the list of official events at www.ciderweeknyc.com and ask your favorite dining and imbibing spots and shops what they have planned for Cider Week NYC.
Get Social With Cider & Join The (hard) Cider Revival:
Facebook: Cider Week
Twitter: @ciderweekny
Instagram: @ciderweekny
#ciderweekny
#ciderweek
#ciderselfie
#ciderweek
#ciderselfie
(clicking on the magic apple will whisk you directly to the EVENTS page)
Come All Ye Cider Drinkers And Join In The Wassail!
When is Wassail? We suggest observing North American Wassail celebrations from January 5th to January 17th, 2014.*
Wassail is an informal collaborative effort of interested cider-drinkers in North America (and beyond).
Goals for the 2014 Wassail: Explore Old & New World Wassail Traditions, Salute The Orchard, Honor The Apple and Celebrate With Cider!
How Can You Wassail? It’s Easy! Enjoy cider and a wassail bowl with friends, visit an orchard, cidermaker or local cider-serving establishment and toast the orchard & the apple, or host a Wassail event of your own.
Let us know if you’re planning an event – we’ll post it on the Wassail 2014 page.
Share your Wassailing plans and pictures. Post, tweet, tumble and instagram The Wassail!
* We’re considering Wassailing all the way through January. Why not?!
It Begins. 13 Days of Wassailing 2014.
Join Us In Wassailing.
We’re observing North American celebrations from January 5th to January 17th, 2014 – ‘New’ 12th Night Eve to ‘Old’ 12th Night – and posting daily about our Wassail adventures. Stay tuned.
The State of Cider: New York and Virginia. As One Cider Week Concludes, Another Commences.
Cider Week New York. With this years numerous pre and post events, Cider Week NY has become an extended cider-filled celebration, exuberantly launching New Amsterdam, and environs, into the colder seasons of pome fruit drinking enjoyment.
As New York cider festivities – though not New York’s cider enthusiasm – wind down, Virginia prepares for Cider Week Virginia. American wine has a long history in Virginia, as does American cider. Virginia’s cidermakers have done much to restore our favorite fermented apple elixirs place at the table, and Cider Week Virginia celebrates the regions cider heritage and revival.
Our September Cider Road Trip to Virginia was chock full o’ cider. Upcoming posts will feature highlights of our Blue Ridge & Balto. cider adventures, and details of favorite Cider Week NY activities.
Save The Date for the final Cider Week New York event, November 24th, 2013. The New Amsterdam Market, in collaboration with Glynwood, will host The Third Annual New York State Cider Revival at The New York State Cider & Thanksgiving Market. Visit newamsterdammarket.com for more details.
Links:
Cider Week Virginia ciderweekva.com November 15-24, 2013.
New Amsterdam Market newamsterdammarket.com November 24th, 2013.
Cider Week New York ciderweekny.com
Glynwood glynwood.org
If You Like Cider, Like We Like Cider
A Quick Reminder (as if you need to be prodded to go out and seek cider):
Cider events abound this time of year – so if you like cider, like we like cider,
partake of the cider activities occurring across the country. And take a friend.
A Sampling:
Cider Week NY & Hudson Valley is well underway and the New Amsterdam region is awash in cider.
Cider Week NY – New York & Hudson Valley – October 18 – 27, 2013
Link: http://ciderweekny.com/
Great Maine Apple Day an apple-filled day of talks, walks and apple ID sessions with John Bunker and book signings with Claude Jolicoeur.
Great Maine Apple Day October 27, 2013
Link: http://mofga.org/Default.aspx?tabid=294
Franklin County Cider Days is in its 19th year as a “community event celebrating all things apple.” Offerings include workshops, tastings, cider salons, and more.
Franklin County Cider Days – Franklin County, Massachusetts Nov 2-3, 2013
Link: http://www.ciderdays.org
Cider Week VA – Virginia – November 15 – 23, 2013
Virginia is Cider County. We enjoyed Virginia cider and hospitality on a recent visit, and you can too.
Link: www.ciderweekva.com
Slow Food Russian River Event: Cider & Cheese Pairing with Titled Shed Ciderworks and Devoto Orchards Cider. Oct 27, 3-6 PM for tickets:
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/470210
RESOURCES: To find cider festivities in your area:
Visit the website, pages, and twitter feeds of your favorite local & regional cider makers to find out what events they are involved in.
Check your regional cider association, alliance, or organization’s events list.
Great Lakes Cider & Perry Association
Rocky Mountain Cider Association
And in Canada:
Cidre du Québec / Les Cidriculteurs Artisans du Québec
Ontario Craft Cider Association
Perhaps it is time for a National Cider Calendar?
Cider Calendar: A Selection Of Upcoming US Cider Events: March 2013 – September 2013
Cider Calendar: Upcoming US Cider Events March 2013 – September 2013. A selection of upcoming cider related events:
MARCH 2013
2013 Great Lakes International Cider & Perry Competition GLINTCAP. Grand Rapids, Michigan. March 23-24, 2013.
2013 Taste Washington Seattle, Washington. March 23-24, 2013. Northwest ciders will be pouring.
APRIL 2013
MAY 2013
2013 3rd Annual Orcas Island Cider and Mead Festival – Orcas Island, Washington, May 11, 2013
JUNE 2013
2013 2nd Annual Portland Cider Summit – Portland, Oregon. June 21st-22nd, 2013.
JULY 2013
2013 Port Townsend Summer Cider Day – Port Townsend, Washington. This years date and details TBD
AUGUST 2013
2013 Gravenstein Apple Fair – Sonoma County, California. August 10-11, 2013. California ciders will be pouring.
SEPTEMBER 2013
2013 3rd Annual Seattle Cider Summit – Seattle, Washington. September 6th-7th 2013.
2013 1st Annual Pour the Core: A Hard Cider Festival Saturday – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. September 28, 2013 30
2013 Washington Cider Week – Washington. September 2013. Dates and Events TBD
2013 Cider Week FLX – Finger Lakes, New York. September. Dates and Events TBD
OCTOBER 2013 through DECEMBER 2013 calendar of cider events will be covered in upcoming posts.
Fall 2013 will see a host of cider related activity and events across the USA.
Know of other upcoming US cider related events? Please leave a comment.
