Visit stops along the Virginia Cider Trail for events, cider and apples galore

Richmond, Va. (September 21, 2022) – 20 Virginia Cider Trail cideries will host events from September 23 through November 25 to celebrate the fall season.

The fall season is very important to cideries. The month of September is a good time to pick apples for eating, and it is also when harvest for cidermaking is in full swing throughout the state. Different varieties of cider apples ripen at different times, and just like wine grapes, the pressing and fermenting continue throughout the fall. The autumn cidermaking season is a great time to visit a Virginia cidery to learn more about the cidermaking process.

“Fall in Virginia is a beautiful and incredibly significant time for our cidery partners,” said Michelle McGrath, executive director of the American Cider Association. “We’re excited to see our Virginia Cider Trail partners celebrate this season and bounty of the commonwealth. We invite Virginians to ask the cideries they visit more about what apples they use in their fermentations. It’s a lot of fun to explore the different varieties!”

Virginia Cider Trail cideries that will host events this fall include:

• Albemarle Ciderworks, North Garden
• Blue Bee Cider, Richmond
• Blue Toad Hard Cider, Roseland
• Bold Rock Nellysford Cidery, Nellysford
• Bryant’s Cider, Richmond
• Bryant’s Cider & Brewery, Roseland
• Buskey Cider, Richmond
• Courthouse Creek Cider, Maidens
• Coyote Hole Ciderworks, Mineral
• Lost Boy Cider, Alexandria
• Mt. Defiance Cidery and Distillery Cider Barn, Middleburg
• Old Hill Cider, Timberville
• Old Town Cidery, Winchester
• Potter’s Craft Cider, Charlottesville
• Sage Bird Ciderworks, Harrisonburg
• Sly Clyde Ciderworks, Hampton
• Stable Craft Brewing, Waynesboro
• Sugar Hill Cidery, Norton
• Tumbling Creek Cider Company – Taproom, Abington
• Winchester Ciderworks, Winchester

Event details and updates can be found on each cidery’s website or social media platforms.

On July 6, The American Cider Association launched the digital Virginia Cider Trail to encourage Virginians and visitors to explore the Commonwealth’s hard cideries and celebrate Virginia’s unique apples.

The digital Virginia Cider Trail is a free program that all Virginians or visitors of age 21 and over can sign up for. The mobile exclusive passport is a curated collection of 34 Virginia cideries, with many featuring unique deals for checking into the trail. Each check-in enters users into a grand prize raffle for a chance to win a Cidery Airbnb stay at the end of the year or a Virginia Cider Trail hooded sweatshirt at the end of each quarter.

The trail is a year-long program that will run through June 25, 2023, and more cideries are expected to join throughout the year.

For more on the Virginia Cider Trail and participating cideries, visit Virginia Cider Trail.

About the American Cider Association
The American Cider Association is an organization of cider and perry producers in the United States. Its mission is to grow a diverse and successful U.S. cider industry by providing valuable information, resources, and services to our members and by advocating on their behalf. Virginia ranks 5th in the nation for the number of cideries, with more than 50 cideries in the state.