Cider News: November 2012

Admittedly, the market news makes me sad that I have not been able to hardly start working on my own cider business.

Cider News:

• Serious Eats: 8 Single Varietal Ciders You Should Try. October 2012
• *Time: You’d Be Hard-Pressed to Find a Hotter Alcoholic Beverage Than Hard Cider. October 26, 2012
• *The Daily Beast: Hard Cider, Drink of Presidents, Makes a Comeback. October 29, 2012. This is a good historical look of the cider market in the United States.
• Chronogram: A Cider Renaissance in the Hudson Valley. October 31, 2012
• *Herald Online.com: Research and Markets: Canada Cider Market Insights: In 2011 Growers Cider, Strongbow, and Magners Dominates the Market Accounting for between 75% and 80% of the Market. October 31, 2012
• StarTribune: In the world of cider, what’s old is new again. October 31, 2012
• Yankee: Favorite New England (Hard) Ciders. November 2, 2012
• MarketingWeek: Brewers bid to make cider a year round drink. November 5, 2012
• *HuffingtonPost: Hard Cider Facts from Angry Orchard (PHOTO). November 8, 2012
• *NPR: Americans Rediscover the Kick of Hard Cider.  November 8, 2012
• *Newser: More Americans Turn to Hard Cider. November 10, 2012
• The Guardian: Fruit-flavored cider sales grow 80% in a year [in the UK]. November 11, 2012
• Isthmus: Ciderboys hard cider debuts in Wisconsin in time for Turkey Day. November 15, 2012
• *The Triangle: Sweet and tart hard cider not for the faint of heart. November 16, 2012
• *The Seattle Times: Hard-cider industry starting to bear fruit. November 19, 2012
• Huffington Post: Food Informatns: A Week in the Life of Gregory Hall, Cider Maker for Virtue Brands. November 21, 2012
• The Jerusalem Post: Wine Talk: Reconsider Cider. November 21, 2012
• *The Independent: Pear cider boom angers purists [in UK]. November 25, 2012

Interesting Beer and Wine News:

• WineFolly: Calories in Wine Vs Beer. November 5, 2012
• The Australian: IBISWorld says Australians drinking less, put paying for quality. November 8, 2012
• The Times of India: Grape board encourages making of fruit wines from local produce. November 11, 2012
• CNNMoney: Big Beer dresses up in craft brewers’ clothing [and cider, too].  November 15, 2012

Local News: The Reflector: Vancouver winemaker fines new home in Ridgefield. October 30, 2012

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