American Sparkling Ciders
Apple cider was a flourishing industry in Europe even before America was discovered. Early 17th century European settlers in the U.S. brought apple seeds with them and began planting orchards. The colonists used their apples to make cider, just as they had done in the Old World. Soon Colonial cider became important as both an agricultural commodity and as a means of exchange. Today commercial apple crops are harvested in 35 of the 48 continental states.
(Wikipedia and Slow Food USA)
(Wikipedia and Slow Food USA)
Carlson Orchards in Harvard, Mass., was founded in 1936 by Walter and Eleanor Carlson. By the late sixties, the focus ot the Carlson farm shifted to apples as the major crop. Today sons Bruce, Frank, and Robert continue the family's fine reputation and the great tradition of high quality apple products from the 140 acre farm. You will want more of this New England non-alcoholic sparkling cider made from McIntosh apples! $7.95 | The Sheffield cider family includes its Classic Sweet blend of sweet and bittersweet Washington-grown apples. Exceptional care is taken to preserve the fresh, high quality taste of this full-bodied cider. Bottled in a wine-style bottle with foil wrap and best served with friends! AWARD WINNER: Silver Award, 2010 Florida International Grape Juice Competition AWARD WINNER: Silver Medal, 2010 Finger Lakes International Wine Competition $9.95 | The folks at Sheffield Cider have blended semi-sweet apples with an extra measure of tannins to produce a subtle astringent flavor. Tannins? Astrigent? Say what? Astringency from the tannins is what causes the dry and puckery feeling in the mouth! The result is a cider that is excellent when served at meals as which enhances the flavors of your menu selections. AWARD WINNER: Silver Award, 2010 Florida International Grape Juice Competition AWARD WINNER: Gold Medal, 2010 Finger Lakes International Wine Competition ON BACK-ORDER $9.95 |
Calling this cider simply "Harvest Crush" is like calling your Jaguar a nice little car! Get a grip! This is a meticulous blend of gourmet apples and Chardonnay, Cabernet Franc, and Niagara grape juices! Bottled in wine-style glass, the taste of this cider shouts "conniseur, fancy food, no competition," and other superlatives. Hey, don't take our word for it. We are just trying to repeat what our taste buds keep saying. Prediction, Fall 2009: this will be an award winner! AWARD WINNER: Silver Award, 2010 Florida International Grape Juice Competition AWARD WINNER: Silver Medal, 2010 Finger Lakes International Wine Competition $12.95 | Have you ever looked at a desert menu and seen all those exotic (often alcoholic) drinks? Well, Sheffield Ciders now has a non-alcoholic version. Their gourmet apple-cherry combines the flavor of a homemade tart cherry pie with sweet heirloom apples. Now that's a dessert cider that will need a festive goblet and maybe a small square of Hershey's Extra Dark Chocolate. Best enjoyed with friends! AWARD WINNER: Bronze Award, 2010 Florida International Grape Juice Competition AWARD WINNER: Silver Medal, 2010 Finger Lakes International Wine Competition $12.95 | Maurice Henry (M.H.) Zeigler, father of 6 children, needed additional income during the Depression's difficult times. In 1932 he decided to build a cider press in the garage of his row home on Chestnut St. in Lansdale, PA. On Saturdays he and the children would deliver cider door-to-door. Two generations later Zeigler's still ciders are marketed in multiple states. SweetwaterOrchards is proud to be the first internet retailer of their new celebratory sparkling cider, launched in the fall of 2009. 100% juice from Fresh Apples. Maurice would be proud! $8.95 |
America's most recognized kosher brand of sparkling grape juices and non-alcoholic apple cider is Kedem. The word Kedem is Yiddish for "renew our days as before." Kedem's New York operations are located in the scenic and historic Hudson River Valley where orchards and vineyards abound. KOSHER CIDER $6.95 | Missouri's St. James Winery has a broader focus than its award-winning wines. It's menu also contains six juice products including this Sparkling Cherry Spumante. It is 100% pure cherry juice with no sugar added and comes in a champagne-style bottle. Mushroom Cork with Wire Cage $7.95 | OK. We all know what a peach is. But a "spumante" peach? The term simply means "foaming." Today we call it sparkling. So when you tip a glass of St. James Winery's 100% sparkling peach juice (with no sugar added) impress your friends by exclaiming, "This juice has wonderful spumante!" You'll be the peach geek! Mushroom Cork with Wire Cage $7.95 |
Big red raspberries, like black olives, is one of the best finger foods around! You can put one on each finger, showing your winning hand to everyone at the table, and then pop them into your mouth. You can also enjoy this fun fruit by opening a bottle of St. James Winery's Sparkling Raspberry Spumante. Same great taste as your finger food, with a touch of sparkle. 100% juice with no added sugar. Mushroom Cork with Wire Cage $7.95 | In 1961, when Russel W. Knudsen began bottling fruit juices from his organic grape vineyard, he did so on one condition: his fresh pressed and blended juices would never have artificial flavors, preservatives or sugar added to them. Little did he know that he was starting a tradition of innovation in health-conscious products. Today the innovation continues with Knudsen's Organic Apple Juice, bottled in a celebratory champagne-style bottle. KUDOS: A light amber, minimally carbonated organic sparkler with a unique, earthy aroma of oats and barley. The flavor is sweet and full, reminiscent of very ripe apples, and beer-like in heaviness." IMBIBE Magazine, September/October 2006 Regular Price: $7.95 Special Savings: $6.95 | In 1961, when Russel W. Knudsen began bottling fruit juices from his organic grape vineyard, he did so on one condition: his fresh pressed and blended juices would never have artificial flavors, preservatives or sugar added to them. Little did he know that he was starting a tradition of innovation in health-conscious products. Today the innovation continues with Knudsen's Organic Pear Juice, bottled in a celebratory champagne-style bottle. $7.95 |
Here's to those days of our youth when we took a bunch of food groups and created our Signature Recipe. Sometimes it was good, and sometimes it raised the eyebrows of our parents and friends. Califonia's Knudsen Foods has mastered the art, however. Its gourmet sparkling Cherry cider is a carefully crafted blend of apple, cherry, pear, pineapple and plum juices. Wish my recipe had been as good! I think I forgot the plum. Or was it the pineapple? $6.95 | Apple Cider with a twist. That is what the Knudsen team produced when the added summer strawberries, white grapes, and tropical pineapple juices to create Sparkling Strawberry Juice. Then they slipped it into an elegant champagne-style bottle. Pamper yourself with a glass of this delightful blend and take some time to ponder how blessed you really are. $6.95 | Take a crisp cold apple out of the cooler. Listen for that crisp crunch as you take your first bite. Notice the sweet juice that collects at the corner of your lips. It is no wonder that apples have been favorite fruits for generations. And the folks at Knudsen's knew their family of juices would not be complete without a pure, crisp sparkling cider from fresh whole apples. It is 100% juice and 100% celebratory! TEMPORARILY OUT OF STOCK $6.95 |
We are bogged down with our love of cranberries! Cranberry jelly at holiday dinners. Crasins when we're cravin' a snack. Cranberry bits in dark chocolate. Oatmeal-craisin cookies. And Knudsen's Sparkling Cranberry-Apple-White Grape Cider. Add a twist of lime, if you dare! Like all Knudsen celebratory juices, this is 100% juice. $6.95 | Don't get bogged down wondering if a mix of apple-cranberry is worthy of a place at the table! Since the early 21st century, there has been a rapidly growing recognition of cranberries for their nutrient content and antioxidant qualities, giving them commercial status as a health "superfruit." It is no wonder that Martinelli's has added an Apple-Cranberry product to its cider menu! KOSHER CIDER HURRY, ONLY 16 BOTTLES LEFT $2.95 | Cider Master David H. Cordtz dropped out of the hard cider business in 1999 to begin Sonoma Cider Mill -- a producer of non-alcoholic juices. In less than two years his entire product line was awarded gold and double gold medals at the prestigious 2001 Sonoma County Harvest Fair. Sonoma's sparkling organic apple juice blends six varieties of fresh organic apples to balance the natural sugars and acid thus enhancing the juice's character and flavor. KUDOS: "Pale and quite clear with light carbonation, this organic sparkler has a very sweet, ripe apple and raisin aroma. The flavor is full and refreshing, with a zing at the finish and a slight cider vinegar character." IMBIBE Magazine, September/October 2006 TEMPORARILY OUT OF STOCK $7.95 |
Here is a revolutionary thought: apples and oranges do match! Sonoma Cider Mill's newest cider is a delightful blend of fresh apples with a touch of blood orange. As one food critic has already noted, "the bubbles are restrained but still manage to elevate the seriousness of the blood orange. It tastes especially luxurious when sipping out a a long-stemmed wine glass." We could not say it any better! TEMPORARILY OUT OF STOCK $7.95 | Have you ever wondered what a "wildberry" is? No, it's not a single type of berry or a buzz word for stuff found in the brush along the wayside but never in your produce market. Wildberry is simply a blend of juices. Wisconsin's Door Peninsula Winery recipe includes plus a little sparkle to create a wonderful non-alcoholic and festive juice. You may want to grab a goblet and "forget" to share your bottle with the kids! Mushroom Cork with Wire Cage $8.95 | Virginia's scenic Shenandoah Valley, tucked between the Blue Ridge and Appalachian mountains, is home to a wealth of apple & pear orchards and Alpenglow's sweet sparkling ciders. Alpenglow's best-selling blend of fresh apples provides a crisp, clear, non-alcoholic taste sensation. KOSHER CIDER $8.95 |
Virginia's scenic Shenandoah Valley, tucked between the Blue Ridge and Appalachian mountains, is home to a wealth of apple orchards and Alpenglow's sweet sparkling ciders. Alpenglow has added the taste of ripe summer Peaches to its best-selling blend of fresh apples. We now believe in the Endless Summer theory! KOSHER CIDER $8.95 | Virginia's scenic Shenandoah Valley, tucked between the Blue Ridge and Appalachian mountains, is home to a wealth of apple & pear orchards and Alpenglow's sweet sparkling ciders. Are you ready to awaken your taste buds? This Mulled Cider, with a red foil top, is garnished with the tastes of orange peel, cinnamon, and nutmeg. KOSHER CIDER $8.95 | Virginia's scenic Shenandoah Valley, tucked between the Blue Ridge and Appalachian mountains, is home to a wealth of pear & apple orchards and Alpenglow's sweet sparkling ciders. Alpenglow's Sparkling Pear Cider offers a sip of one of America's most beautiful country settings. KOSHER CIDER KUDOS: Highlighted in the January 2004 issue of Good Housekeeping. $8.95 |
The cranberry growers of America refuse to get bogged down in the debate over whether their fruit can be consumed at other times of the year other than Thanksgiving and Christmas. Fortunately we know the truth. Cranberries taste good and are good for you 12 months of the year! One sip of Alpenglow's apple-cranberry cider will make you a believer too! KOSHER CIDER $8.95 | It was the pits in "the old days" when Alpenglow, one of America's premium cider makers, did not produce an apple-cherry cider. But times have changed. Now you can enjoy one of summer's greatest fruits whether the calendar says summer, fall, winter, or spring! KOSHER CIDER $8.95 | The Waldensians are immigrants from Northern Italy. In 1893 they settled in the mountains of Western North Carolina. This cider is a traditional favorite blend of both Red Delicious and Winesap apples grown throughout the Appalachian Mountains including the western part of the state. No sugar or preservatives have been added! Here's a great recipe! $8.95 |
From the Foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina comes the “champagne” of gourmet, sparkling, non-alcoholic ciders. This cider is a delicious southern tradition bubbling fresh from America’s oldest grape. Blended from Muscadine and Scuppernong grapes, Red Delicious and Winesap apples grown in the rich soils of the southern states, and a touch of Rougeon grape, this cider has a rich and distinctive color and flavor. $8.95 |