The London Cider Salon returns for a second year, providing an intimate opportunity to taste a vast array of the finest ciders and perries, the new season's latest and greatest bottles, and to meet the incredible people who create them.
May is blossom season in the cider world, the start of a wonderful, natural cycle; it begins with the blossom on the trees, and many months later, after the apples have grown under the summer sun, and the cider maker has exercised their craft across winter, the glorious drink we call cider is the reward.
This is not mass market cider, which often uses water and apple concentrate, this is the drink Laurie Lee called the 'wine of wild orchards', and diarist John Evelyn titled 'the native wine of England'. From traditional classic styles to innovative blends and co-ferments, the London Cider Salon showcases the variety and depths cider can hold when you venture beyond the mass market.
But this is also a chance to celebrate orchards, the biodiversity and environmental positives they can provide. A series of talks will accompany the London Cider Salon, covering this topic and more.
Olivia Estebanez