Herefordshire Redstreak Cider Apples We spent a good chunk of today (26th October) picking Rdstreak Apples in the Twobridge. It's a good crop this rear. The [...]

KATJA / KATY APPLES: OUR FIRST HARVEST KATY / KATJA We harvested our first Katy or Katja apples this year. Katy is a beautiful apple, really versatile and [...]

Winter jobs in the orchard It's a crisp winter morning in our cider apple orchard in Castlebellingham, Ireland. The branches are bare, and the ground is [...]

Blending Cider Apples Blending cider: How it adds flavour, texture and aroma For as long as people have been making cider, stretching back through history to [...]

Rootstock for grafting cider apple trees Grafts and rootstocks for cider apples Apple growers have been using grafted scions on selected rootstock for centuries because of [...]

How to tell when cider apples are ripe To get the best flavour and the most yield, we must use ripe apples when pressing for apple juice [...]