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New Zealand Cider Festival 2017

Are you a cider head? Are you planning your next holiday to coincide with a cider event? Well, look no further than the New Zealand Cider Festival taking place this...

New Zealand Cider Festival 2017

Are you a cider head? Are you planning your next holiday to coincide with a cider event? Well, look no further than the New Zealand Cider Festival taking place this...

Global Cider Tour Part 2: Cyclone Cook invades NZ

Global Cider Tour Part 2: Cyclone Cook invades NZ

Australia doesn't want me to leave. Quite literally. I am held up at Sydney airport whilst the most gargantuan downpour breaks the heat that has been building all day. All...

Global Cider Tour Part 2: Cyclone Cook invades NZ

Australia doesn't want me to leave. Quite literally. I am held up at Sydney airport whilst the most gargantuan downpour breaks the heat that has been building all day. All...

Global Cider Tour Part 1: Debbie & Drew

Global Cider Tour Part 1: Debbie & Drew

This time of year in The Shire is proper lush (quite literally, in fact, with the warm, wet days we’ve had). I departed the UK on the 29th March, leaving...

Global Cider Tour Part 1: Debbie & Drew

This time of year in The Shire is proper lush (quite literally, in fact, with the warm, wet days we’ve had). I departed the UK on the 29th March, leaving...

A Right Royal Showcase!

Last week saw the Royal Bath and West Show take place in Shepton Mallet. One of the finest rural events in the land, it is also home to the Great...

A Right Royal Showcase!

Last week saw the Royal Bath and West Show take place in Shepton Mallet. One of the finest rural events in the land, it is also home to the Great...

Moustachegate and other (non-fake) news

Moustachegate and other (non-fake) news

Well, what a palava. You turn up on the tellybox sporting a silly moustache and suddenly you're tabloid fodder. All I can say is that it must have been a...

Moustachegate and other (non-fake) news

Well, what a palava. You turn up on the tellybox sporting a silly moustache and suddenly you're tabloid fodder. All I can say is that it must have been a...

International Cider Awards

International Cider Awards

It's a hard knock life. I spent last week in the company of some of the world's top cider makers, supping and slurping (but most definitely not spitting) 139 of...

International Cider Awards

It's a hard knock life. I spent last week in the company of some of the world's top cider makers, supping and slurping (but most definitely not spitting) 139 of...