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BIG APPLE HARVEST CELEBRATION CANCELLED
Sadly, although the harvest goes on as usual, there will be no Big Apple Celebration this year.
Berlin’s first cider festival
Berlin’s first cider festival is hosted by Hawkes, London Cidermaker.
Thatchers’ new TV commercial, Family, launches next week
A forty and thirty second ad will showcase the Thatchers cider portfolio of Thatchers Gold, Haze and Rosé.
SCOTTISH ALCOHOL INDUSTRY LAUNCHES NEW CONFIDENCE & RESPONSIBILITY CAMPAIGN
Getting customers safely back into Scotland’s pubs, bars and restaurants is behind a new campaign by the Scottish Alcohol Industry Partnership.
Little Pomona Heads Straight for the Table
A seasonal blend of apples that will be released in parcels in the year following each harvest, Table Cider is cast in the mould of table wine.
Thatchers Zero named Best No and Low Cider
It was two years in the making, but now Thatchers Zero, the Somerset cider maker’s first alcohol-free cider, has been named Best No and Low Cider in the UK by industry magazine Imbibe.
THATCHERS CIDER SUPPORTS BRITISH PUBS IN A £1MILLION PLEDGE
As pubs and bars await the Government announcement allowing them to open their doors once again, the fourth-generation family business will be offering every one of its free-trade customers in Great Britain a free 50 litre keg of Thatchers cider in a £1million pledge.
Cider Goes Cyber
Cider makers across the South West have responded to the continued absence of gatherings by launching a cyber celebration to mark South West Cider Week.
Plenty of blossom but no Blossomtime in Putley!
This coming weekend should have been the Big Apple’s thirtieth year of running Blossomtime in Putley, but of course it won’t be happening.
THE GARDEN CIDER COMPANY SUPPORTS LOCAL BREWERIES WITH BOTTLING
The Garden Cider Company has opened the doors of its bottling plant to help support local breweries with a surplus of beer. With on-trade sales at zero, breweries have had to change tack and look to bottle beer that would have ordinarily supplied pubs, bars and restaurants.
World’s Biggest Cider Tasting
World’s biggest cider tasting set to combat isolation for cider lovers
MIKE SHOPLAND – CIDER MAKERS PROVIDING ON-LINE SALES
Mike Shopland has been speaking to a number of cider makers around the UK and has collected a list of those who are currently able to provide on line sales.