Apple cider takes me back to my days as a kid, playing and growing up in my grandparents’ fruit orchard that boasted several old-growth apple varieties. My great-grandmother, who lived next door to me ...

Once apple season rolls around, grocery stores are stocked with ciders. But the best store-bought apple cider elevates crisp ...

As a side note, when opening sparkling ciders and juices, it’s best to do so when the bottle is very cold, and over a sink.

As we make our way through the peak pestilence of cold and flu season, a celebrity chef swears that his ancient recipe can ...

I recently interviewed the authors of “American Cider” for Good Food, and I thought it would be fun to do a tasting with Madeleine Brand. We hear lots of stories about John Chapman (aka Johnny ...

Melissa Kittrell has a background in chemistry, she served in the Navy and she’s traveled from Peru to Scotland to Cambodia. Her latest adventure? Brewing hard cider from locally sourced ingredients.

There was a time when Sebastopol was dotted with so many apple trees, it was known as the “Gravenstein Capital of the World.” Many of those orchards have given way to vineyards in the decades since ...

Good morning, fellow Escapists. Last week, we tried to forget about the heat, threw on our metaphorical jean jackets and went apple picking. Now, we’re heading to Julian, a San Diego County town that ...