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CoverFocus | by George Stuteville, Contributing Writer
At the Core of
Cider's Appeal
An old beverage is made
modern - sweet or dry, or
flavored with fruits, flowers
and spices
pples will soon be blooming
again in Virginia and, across
the state, eager entrepreneurs
cannot wait to pound them into
submission.
That's because apples are
A
increasingly being pressed into service
in liquid form as a glass of chilled cider,
fermented from the product of lush
Virginia orchards.
This is not the spicy juice sold by
the gallons in farm stores or in the
produce section of grocery stores. Hard
cider is a unique, versatile libation with
a low alcoholic content about half that
of wine.
The coronavirus blighted the busy
public fall festivities that invite and
introduce thousands to commonwealth
cideries and taprooms.
Still, the time is ripe
for the business to
flourish, says
Anne Shelton,
president of the
Virginia
" There is a
cider renaissance
Association of
Cider Makers and
general manager of
Albemarle CiderWorks
in North Garden.
" There is a cider renaissance
happening. We opened in 2009 and, at
the time, we were the second cidery in
Virginia, " she says. " Now, there are over
40 and close to 50 producers of cider.
It's definitely starting to make a good
footprint for itself in Virginia and
nationally. "
APPLE-ACHIA
Most of the recent growth has been
in the Richmond-Charlottesville
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happening. "
- Anne Shelton
corridor and the Shenandoah Valley,
known affectionately among the cider
makers as " Apple-achia. "
In the late 1980s, Shelton's family
business, located on a tract called
Rural Ridge, consisted of 16 acres
of land with an orchard of apples,
pears, peaches and cherries.
Now, with more than 200 acres,
many of them rows of heirloom
apple varieties with genetic roots
as deep as America's colonial days,
the cidery employs four family
members full-time as the core of the
business, with up to 15 workers during
busy times.
Albemarle CiderWorks produces
18 different types of cider and sells
about 4,000 cases a year. It has
recultivated the Harrison apple, a
black-speckled, yellow specimen once
thought to be extinct, that now is the
basis for one of the cidery's award
winners.
Anne Shelton, Albemarle CiderWorks,
holds an award-winning cider.
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Attention to detail is exacting -
the cider is hand-bottled, four bottles at
a time. Their ciders offer flavor notes that
bring up complex tastes of blackberry,
vanilla and honey, to name a few.
The sparkling aspects can be as tingling
as champagne or even creamy, as visitors
to the scenic tasting area can attest.
PHOTO COURTESY ALBEMARLE CIDERWORKS
PHOTO BY STEVEN JOHNSON

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