2008 Event Highlights:
• Workshops, Talks and Tastings from beginner through advanced for cider makers, home orchardists and cider afficionados at various locations throughout the weekend
(see schedule at left).
• The Cider Salon — tastings of a dozen or so ciders from around the country at the White Church Community Center in Old Deerfield. Glasses for tasting are $12. No admission without a glass.
• CiderDay Harvest Supper — Chef Paul Correnty will create a savory fall feast featuring apples, cider and other locally grown foods. The dinner will be held in the Blue & White Society Room at the PVMA Teachers' Center (10 Memorial St) in Old Deerfield. Tickets $25 adv/$30 door
• New Salem Orchards hosts its Apple Festival with child-friendly apple pressing, live alpacas, cider donuts, caramel apples, hot squash/cider soup, roasted hot dogs over a bonfire, apples, sweet cider, sun-cooked preserves and more!
• Organic Orchardist Michael Phillips gives a talk on North American Cider Varieties at the Brick Meeting House on Saturday and wassails apple trees at New Salem Orchards on Sunday.
• Apples of the American Ark: A Guided Tasting of Rare and Regional Varieties on Sunday at the White Church Community Center in Old Deerfield led by Ben Watson. Ticket: $15
• Cider and Cheese Pairing on Sunday at the White Church Community Center in Old Deerfield led by Ben Watson and Laura Simon of Rubiner's Cheesemonger's, Great Barrington, MA. Ticket: $20
• The Meeting House Marketplace at the Brick Meeting House in Colrain, with local artisans and producers, food vendors, and, of course, apples!
• Apple and Cider-themed Menus all weekend long at People's Pint, Hope & Olive and Bart's in Greenfield, and The Copper Angel in Erving. |
CiderDays is a community event celebrating all things apples in Franklin County, Massachusetts. 2008 marks the 14th year of this event and there will be two days of orchard tours, cider making and tastings, workshops and much more. This is for all who love apples, fresh or hard cider, apple cuisine, apple orchards or just being in New England in the fall. There is a charge for some of the activities but there is no admission for the self-guided tour of the orchards or the marketplace at the Brick Meeting House (Saturday).
