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Road Trip 2016 (Part One)
Despite the ongoing apple pressing, I sallied forth in late September to mainland Europe to attend two cider festivals whose previous generous invitations I had been obliged to turn down. Flying was out of the question as I needed to bring ample stock. So with my recently serviced 17...
Read MoreWorldwide Apple Wine Fair
It’s wind down phase after an intense 48 hours at the Apfelwein Weltweit Messe, or Worldwide Apple Wine Fair, in Frankfurt. Perhaps little known but in this region of Germany apple wine predominates in place of the normally ubiquitous lagers and weiss beers. The preference for apple wine is...
Read MoreLike Clockwork
Following hot on the tracks of the first pallet of Finnbarra/Stonewell to the country, I find myself in Zurich. A picturesque and intriguing city full of contrasting features. Household waste put out for collection on the incorrect day warrants a visit from the police and fly posters on signposts...
Read MoreHolland Calling
What a whirlwind. Yesterday started at 3.45 a.m. – off went the alarm clock to get me to Cork airport for the 6 a.m. flight to Amsterdam. Forty winks later and I’m meeting Raùl Henriquez, our Dutch distributor in the centre of the canal laden metropolis. Originally born in...
Read MoreOut with the Old, in with the Old
Driving to work this morning I noticed wryly that a lot of the election posters had been replaced by those for a travelling circus. And so here we are 3 days after a general election in a total state of flux. For whatever the reason, tribal loyalty, dissatisfaction with...
Read MoreSabrage an Esterre – something special for your Valentine!
Sabrage an Esterre – something special for your Valentine! The long “dry” January is at last over! It seemed like those 31 days would never end but it was perhaps a healthy reaction to the excess of the Christmas period. Now we’re looking out across all the activities and...
Read MoreHot Press Best of Ireland 2014
Stonewell Cider has been named in the country’s Best of Artisan in the Hot Press Best of Ireland 2014 magazine. Best Of Ireland features a team of leading journalists’ top picks when it comes to the nation’s best pubs, clubs, restaurants, venues, hotels, festivals, events and much more. It is...
Read MoreIrish Food Writer’s Guild Awards 2014
We are delighted to announce that we have won the Irish Food Writers’ Guild’s inaugural Drink Award. The 2014 awards were presented by the guild at an industry celebration at l’Ecrivain Restaurant yesterday, 12th of March. The awards are supported by Bord Bia, who were commended by the Guild...
Read MoreGreat Taste 2013!
Stonewell Cider’s Medium Dry Cider has been crowned Best Irish Speciality at the Great Taste Awards 2013. Our best-seller, a blend of Dabinett, Michelin, Elstar, Jonagored and Falstaff apples, which are all sorted manually, milled, pressed and fermented separately, was joined in the final by our Dry Cider, and...
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