This post originally appears on Cider Culture – A publication of Dish LLC. All rights reserved. We were first introduced to Fenceline Cider through its recently launched cider club. Fenceline Cider works with historic orchards in the Mancos Valley of Southwest Colorado to build quality cider from the soil up. Friends Sam Perry and Neal Wight co-founded the cidery over three years ago, and …

This post originally appears on Cider Culture – A publication of Dish LLC. All rights reserved. A couple of years ago, I had the pleasure of being on a panel with Michelle Foik, one of the founders of ERIS Brewery and Cider House as part of Chicago Cider Week. Michelle, and ERIS’ other founder Katy Pizza, had been in the brewery and cidery industries …

This post originally appears on Cider Culture – A publication of Dish LLC. All rights reserved. We met Ryan and Nicole Monkman of FieldBird Cider a few years ago at CiderCon in Chicago. Even though our chat with them was brief, we instantly felt connected to their winemaker-style approach to the production of their ciders.  In 2015, Ryan and Nicole decided to move to Prince …

This post originally appears on Cider Culture – A publication of Dish LLC. All rights reserved. We met Katie Morgan in 2014, shortly after Right Bee Cider’s launch. Sean (my husband) and I were enjoying their Semi-Dry cider at a local bar in Chicago, and Katie happened to be delivering a keg at the same time. We struck up a conversation, and a cider …