Grow food that’s meant to grow here. Preserve it. Preserve the farming traditions of the past that still serve us. Explore what needs to change. This is what Nicole Blum and Jonathan Carr are doing at Preservation Orchard and Carr’s Ciderhouse in.
Valley Bounty: Estate cider springs from Hawley hillside
Headwater’s cider varieties are filled with the flavor of locally grown apples. CONTRIBUTED
Peter Mitchell, who makes hard cider at his Hawley cidery, was inspired to take up the craft by a Franklin County CiderDays Festival in the 1990s. CONTRIBUTED
Published: 1/2/2021 1:46:13 PM
In toasting a new year that’s hopefully brighter than the one we’re leaving behind, it’s a time to reflect that our region is home to an abundance of artisans making beer, wine, spirits and hard ciders that display flavors as unique and complex as the people and land that formed them. That taste like they’re from somewhere, and tell a story with every sip.