Ross-on-Wye Cider & Perry Festival 2023
The CR team write up their experiences of this central event in the cider and perry calendar
The CR team write up their experiences of this central event in the cider and perry calendar
Adam checks out the new release of Ross on Wye’s flagship and announces out a new policy for Cider Review
Jack continues his tour of Norfolk producers
Jack offers his take on this year’s Salon, including an especially impressive international event
Another excellent Salon overall, but Adam has a familiar grumble.
Barry concludes the tale of the Turgovian Chainsaw Massacre, which resulted in the felling of 11 million fruit trees across Switzerland, and takes a look at the current perry situation.
That perry book I kept going on about may actually be happening…
A state-sanctioned reorganisation of fruit growing forever changed the landscape of eastern Switzerland, destroying its perry heritage in the process. In part one, Barry sets the scene for how this came to pass.
Is cider really being ‘winified’? What does that even mean anyway? Our tame historian, Barry, does some digging.
Mike looks back on some especially meaningful ciders