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The Power of Orchards

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The Orchard List - 10% off

Orchard to Bottle

The Power of Orchards

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2024 cider season in the barrel 🥳

Although it's been a tough year for apples, we've loved it!
The silver lining being that we started working with two more local orchards full of Cornish heritage varieties as well as some more traditional cider va

As we're in the final week of cider season it seems like the perfect time to say a massive thank you to the man, the myth, the no 1 top scratter @rorysheehan7943 @earthbound.cornwall23.

I have never ever met anyone with this much energy and enthusi

Life lately 💚🌳💚

#orchardlife
#wildfermentedcider
#cornishcider
#barellagedcider
#raf

I'm quite obviously not a website designer or particularly computer savvy 🫠 but I have been updating our website to more accurately reflect what we do and why we do it 🐦&zwj;🔥

If you want to help us protect and plant more traditional orchards, to

All Day Everyday 🍎🌳🍏

There's a real intensity to cider season as we have just over two months to make ALL the cider 🍾
Starting at sunrise 🌞 and..attempting to finish at sunset - it's usually a frustrating 2 hours cleaning up in the dark with h

HAPPY 🍎APPLE 🍏 DAY! 

Sorry we're a day late, in our defense, every day is apple day!

Here are some of our favourites; 

1.Colloggett Pippin: a very old Cornish bittersharp, incredibly aromatic with a delicious sherbet zing. Described in

We're really excited to join @daylesfordfarm on the 26th October for their Harvest Feast.

Come along for a delicious and seasonal four-course menu celebrating their organic farm & orchards paired with our latest ciders 🍾

The fabulous @je

Thank you to @jackharries @cannonmatt for capturing us in our 2 year old traditional orchard we planted on our friends land :) They came to visit as part of their mammoth cycle trip around Cornwall 🚲 The Cornish way 🚲

For those who haven't heard m

🍏 First week in the bag, or should I say sack 😉
Forgot how much fun crawling around an orchard on your hands and knees is...
Here are the highlights, what I've not included was our Sunday session in the driving rain. It was quite literally coming f

2023 bottling ✅
Finished in the nick of time ready to start picking apples tomorrow 🍎
Cannot wait to share the results, I think these might be some of our best!
**anyone who has done long bottling days can appreciate just how perfect these lyrics a

Happy 6 years married @cam.mitchell2 😍
Celebrating in style with some bottling, papped by @rorysheehan7943 💚 💚

#couplesthatworktogetherstaytogether

We loved our collaboration with @crocadon.farm; a delicious three course tasting menu paired with three of our ciders on a beautiful sunny afternoon in the courtyard.

We have so much respect for Crocadon. Their focus on soil centric farming, their

Posted @withregram • @felicitycloake

Absolutely delighted the legendary @felicitycloake enjoyed a bottle of our cider! Thank you so much for the mention, we're so glad you liked it.
Very welcome to visit anytime :) 

#wildfermentedci

We recently rescued four layer hens 🐓🥚

A little known fact about the egg industry is that hens molt at c.18 months old, meaning they loose their existing feathers and grow new ones. During this time egg production will drop or stop completely as p

🌳🌪️🍎🌧️🐑
Summer scenes in the orchards 😂

#traditionalorchards
#naturefriendlyfarming
#shropshiresheep
#nochemicals
#biodiversity

We loved being involved in the @follow.the.ark Regenerative Farming Summit - it was great to speak about why we should all be drinking A LOT more wild fermented cider 🤟
Thanks so much for the write up @tat.london @libertynimmo88
"effective and

Our first wee holiday since we started making cider back in 2019. Not only were the Highlands wild, beautiful and restorative they also provided perspective, headspace and a chance to reflect on where we're at and what we've acheived.
When we starte

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the awesome one of a kind apple queen and the all round cider legend Georgie Beach!! You are the BEST!!
P.s. Sorry we are in Scotland and not southern Spain!! 🥳😊🍎🍾

#applequeen
#beachbabe
#wifesabeach
#highlandholidays

I've never been more proud of Cameron than watching him shear our wee flock of 34 Shropshire's. As we dive further and further into life on the farm, we are quite often doing things for the very first time. This can be a bit exhausting, as we do

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