American Colonial Sparkling Cider
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.
(Wikipedia and Slow Food USA); Photo credit: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Williamsburg, Va.
(Wikipedia and Slow Food USA); Photo credit: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Williamsburg, Va.
This delicious Virginia apple cider is bottled in one of two private labels featuring the work of world-renowned historical artist Mort Künstler. Click to learn more about Künstler's masterpiece entitled "Lee at Fredericksburg." The commemorative bottle is a great gift for any Civil War buff. KOSHER CIDER KUDOS: "Lightly carbonated and clean-filtered, this Virginia cider pours a light golden color with a very light, sweet aroma. Flavor is semi-sweet and lightly spiced." IMBIBE Magazine, September/October 2006 $9.95 | This delicious Virginia apple cider is bottled in one of two private labels featuring the work of world-renowned historical artist Mort Kunstler. Click here to learn more about Künstler's masterpiece entitled "The Angle." The commemorative bottle is a great gift for any Civil War buff. KOSHER CIDER $9.95 | Jamestown Settlement, along with Williamsburg and Yorktown, make up the Historic Triangle of Virginia. In 1607, settlers and seamen came ashore on Jamestown Island to establish the first permanent English settlement in the New World. This Virginia sparkling cider has been bottled in tribute to Jamestown's 400th Anniversary. Every Civil War buff will enjoy this rich Special Edition apple cider and the history to which it pays tribute. KOSHER CIDER $9.95 |
President George Washington and him family were cider lovers, as guests discovered when they visited the Mount Vernon Estate. In 1774 records indicate the family purchased no less than 477 gallons. Washington also made his own cider, probably at River Farm, one of the five adjacent farms which formed the estate. Today's Mount Vernon cider, offered in a green champagne-style bottle with a red foil neck wrap, is lightly mulled in flavor. $9.95 | Cider was one of Thomas Jefferson's preferred beverages and his own orchards yielded a delightful variety of apples: Hewes Crab, Golden Wilding, and Taliaferro. Virginia cider, a non-alcoholic beverage that he compared to a silky champagne, was his favorite. Now you can enjoy Monticello Cider, a unique blend that is still created and bottled in Jefferson's Virginia. $9.95 | In the eighteenth century apple cider made from delicious Virginia apples was allowed to ferment and was served as the perfect beverage to accompany hearty fare and rowdy wagering games. Today Sparkling Scuppernong Cider, a carbonated blend of Native American White Muscadine grapes and whole apples, is served in Colonial Williamsburg's Shields Tavern. Now you can also enjoy it at home! $8.95 |
In the eighteenth century apple cider made from delicious Virginia apples was allowed to ferment and was served as the perfect beverage to accompany hearty fare and rowdy wagering games. Today non-alcoholic Sparkling Rouge Cider, a carbonated blend of Native American White Muscadine grapes, Virginia Rougeon grapes and whole apples, is served in Colonial Williamsburg's Shields Tavern. Now you can also enjoy it at home! $8.95 |