When speaking about Cider Review to people who may be less familiar with this site, one of the things I always try to impress on them is our unofficial tagline, where we state that Cider Review is about cider and perry, and the cultures that support them. That last bit is important, as cider and perry carry a weight of history and culture starting in Europe millennia ago, and the history of it is a topic I am particularly fond of, if you hadn’t noticed. But it’s also true to say that cider and even perry have found roots across the entire planet in more recent centuries, or even decades in some places, and these places are just as important and interesting, as new traditions and cider identities are forged or sometimes reforged.

But it is of course people, human beings, that are the engines behind all of this. Without people trading and propagating apple and pear varieties over hundreds of years, without people making and sharing drinks made from the fruit of those trees, without people taking the chance to plant trees in regions where apples and pears were not customarily grown, just to see what happens, without any of this, we wouldn’t have any of this cider and perry culture. And while all these things could remain in small cliques of fans, it is another part of culture, or perhaps part of being human, that we want to share our joys and experiences. The ultimate form of sharing is of course an event, where we gather en masse to celebrate a shared passion.

There is an incredible array of cider-related events being held all over the world every year, and the number certainly seems to be growing, if my increasingly urgent FOMO radar is correct. And while our regular contributors can only cover a tiny portion of those events, usually due to geographic restrictions and costs, I think it is important to help share information on such events – even if it is just the fact that they exist – with our global readership. If we can report on them after the fact, even better!

So, over the next couple of weeks, we will add a new events and press section to Cider Review, where you will be able to see what is going on, where it’s going on and of course when. As a reader, do please let us know if there is a cider-related event going on near you that is not yet listed!  I hope this will be a small contribution to help the community and highlight the culture that surrounds cider and perry globally.

And if you are an organiser of such an event, do please let us know via the contact form! If you offer press passes and would like one of our contributors to visit and independently report on your event, do please let us know if this is possible. We will share a list of such possibilities with our contributors so there is a fair opportunity for everyone who would like to represent Cider Review, and so travel can be arranged in a timely (and economical, as everything we do is voluntary) manner. Do please reach out! Such listings live and breathe based on community.

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The practical stuff now. If submitting event info for publishing, please send us the name of the event, the event location, the dates it is running, a website address if there is one, and a brief description including costs and what is on offer.

For us here at Cider Review, let us know if you offer press passes, and if there is an accreditation process to follow.