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Local MP Shows Support for Kentish Pip Cider
The impact from COVID and a government review of how cider is taxed was the focus for Rosie Duffield at a recent visit to Kentish Pip Cider.
The Alcohol Education Trust moves to its new home!
Thanks to the wonderful support of the local and national community, grants and donations, The AET are thrilled to announce that they have now moved into their new home
Breakthrough Cider Awards
The unique Breakthrough Cider Awards have been created to support aspiring cider makers and the future of cider in the UK
CraftCon 2021
CraftCon 2021 Draws on the World of Cider as it Looks to the Future
#THATCHERSPUBHEROES T-SHIRTS IN SUPPORT OF UK PUBS AND BARS
Thatchers Cider has launched a new initiative to support the UK’s hospitality trade as pubs and bars prepare for re-opening.
SANDFORD ORCHARDS LAUNCHES NEW COLLECTION OF VINTAGE CIDERS
Devon based Sandford Orchards has launched a brand new collection of Vintage Ciders; a finest cask-aged cider, ‘Sandford Reserve’, a fresh oak-finished cider, ‘Apple & Oak’ and a mighty vat-aged cider named ‘The General’.
THATCHERS SAVED 20 MILLION PLASTIC RINGS IN JUST ONE YEAR
As a family business Thatchers is constantly thinking about what it can do to protect the environment and cut carbon.
SANDFORD ORCHARDS ENSURES CIDER DONE RIGHT WITH £1.2M INVESTMENT
Sandford Orchards, one of the fastest growing challenger brands in the cider industry, has bucked the business trend during the pandemic by investing £1.2 million into expanding its bottling and canning capabilities and developing and implementing a new branding...
Thatchers offers apple trees to community projects
As part of its 2021 apple tree planting season, Thatchers Cider is introducing its Community Orchard Project.
Setting up to sell your cider/perry – new guide
To comply with legislation there are a number of things you must do before you start selling your cider in the UK*. NACM has put together a brief guide which leads you to the information and forms you may need to become registered. The guide can be downloaded from...
Research Update – apple growing
Progress of the apple research which is part funded by NACM via the Collaborative Training Partnership for Fruit Crop Research
CHRISTON SINGLE ORCHARD CIDER HAS A BLEND OF YESTERDAY AND TODAY
The apples come from one of the West Country’s oldest, and most influential, orchards. With its ongoing research into apple varieties, Thatchers Cider is celebrating the work of the former National Fruit and Cider Institute with its new limited edition cider.