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Just loving my new labeller. No more mystery trees! Metal tags. Printed on a Dymo Rhino M1011 as recommended by Barry Masterson of Kertelreiter cider. #cider #orchard #Dymo #labeller

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Autumnal touches in the air now. Mists in the morning over Beau Vista orchard. Soon to burn off in the sunshine of another glorious day. #cider #orchard

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Harvest starts in a few days. These are an unnamed pear I grafted on from a dear friend, Alex Peckham. Soon to be going into our “Home block” perry. #cider #perry #pears #orchard #wairarapa #NewZealand #Aotearoa

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Remember the rhyme “An apple a day keeps the doctor away”? Well of course that does not apply when the cider-maker is a doctor! 🤣 At TeePee Cider we have some great ciders and perries crafted for you. I can’t suggest specific health benefits they are organic ( pesticide and herbicide free) and gluten free. Wassail and enjoy #cider

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Another beautiful autumnal day at Beau Vista cider orchard as we prepare to bring the crop in. Cool air before the sun rises up. Some watering needed for the new trees. Some of the dropped earlies starting to ferment giving the air an apple fragrance. A great growing season. Looking for to making some SV ciders and perries. #cider #harvest #pears #apples

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Wow what a Festival. The inaugural Molewood cider and fruit wine festival was held yesterday. Held on a meadow on an orchard . Wonderful ciders great burgers. Fantastic music. And did I say the sun shone? Perfect day. Book early for next year. #cider #festival #wairarapa

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After posting about this iconic painting a few months ago it was great to see it for real in the “Met” Museum in New York. Painted by William Mount in 1840. Cider Making is a scene from Setauket on Long Island where he was born and lived. William Sidney Mount is most famous for his New England snow scenes. Apt as we had walked to the Met through a cold sunny snowy Central Park. Wonderful #painting #cider #cidermaking #TheMet #MetropolianMuseum

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Sadly cider still needs to lose this image. A recruitment advert for the drinks industry in NZ seen in a recent edition of the Kia Ora, Air NZ magazine . “Fortunately, there are loads of cool courses you can take throughout New Zealand. At Lincoln, you can learn how to make wine with a bachelor of viticulture and oenology, which is guaranteed to provide a better drinking experience than duct-taping two bottles of cider to your hands.” #cider

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It’s nearly harvest time. The pear pears are first off the block. One we call Carterton has an SG of 1.068 at present and no signs of dropping yet. #wairarapa #NewZealand #Aotearoa #perry #pear #cider

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A great aspect of conferences is that you get to meet your heroes in person. At the recent American Cider Association (ACA) meeting CiderCon in Chicago this year I met so many incl Darlene Hayes. And buy her book Apple Tales. #cider #book #author #CiderCon

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CiderCon 2025 Chicago. The many faces of Porter’s Perfection around the world. Weather and soil can make big differences. On the panel our friend Albert Johnson from Ross on Wye. #cider #CiderCon #terroir

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A “glass tax” in England? Targeting weight and therefore transport carbon costs is only looking at one part of a complex value proposition. I am not sure Sir Kenelm Digby would have been impressed. He invented the strong cheap glass bottle that revolutionised the drinks market. Samuel Pepys had a personal set of glass wine bottles. Glass has many attributes and is eminently recyclable. #cider #beer #bottles https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14379141/amp/End-British-beer-bottle-Brewers-warn-net-zero-plans-glass-tax.html

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Great to catch up with Adam Wells at the book signing session of CiderCon. Adam is a great ambassador of cider writing extensively in magazines etc. This is his first book on perry and the first book devoted to perry since the classic Perry Pears 1963 Luckwill & Pollard. And has an entry on TeePee Cider 😊

#perry #book #booksigning #cider #Pear #CiderCon #CiderCon2025 #pickcider

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Should cider have Tannins? A session at CiderCon. No brainer for me growing up on “West Country” ciders from England but it was great to partake in the tastings and discussions. Ciders in my mind must display apple characteristics so yes to tannins, polyphenolic aromas, and malic acid. Other fruits can be added, early cider makers often did, but should not dominate. #cider #CiderCon #ciderCon2025 #apples #tannins

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A lovely badge. The notions of liberty, equality and fraternity are embedded in French culture. Closer ties between the concepts of liberty and equality were frequent during the Enlightenment, particularly with Rousseau and Locke. However, it was not until the French Revolution that they were brought together as a tripartite motto. In a speech in Dec 1790, Robespierre proposed the motto “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity”. It was first added to the pediment of public buildings on 14 July 1880 after the Empire. It appears in the Constitutions of 1946 and 1958 and is today an integral part of French national heritage. Just as is making perry pear cider or Poiré. #pear #pearcider #perry #French. #Normandy

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Teepee Cider is attending CiderCon in Chicago. A fantastic gathering of around 1000 cider makers orchardists and cider lovers predominantly from USA but also around the world, UK Spain France Chile with people of the calibre of Tom Oliver there. #cider #CiderCon #USA #Chicago

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Sadly 90% of traditional orchards in England have been lost since WW2.

They are a symbol of the bucolic countryside. Defined as a collection of five + trees planted in permanent grassland and managed in a non-intensive way. At TeePee Cider we have recreated one in NZ. #cider #orchards #apples #pears https://www.theguardian.com/food/2025/feb/08/save-our-cider-apple-growers-and-producers-call-on-government-to-protect-traditional-native-wine-of-england