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The traveller: The complete guide to CIDER COUNTRY The Wurzels couldn't get enough of it and Julius Caesar liked a tipple, too. Cider may be seen as an English drink, but Emily Hatchwell discovers its appeal stretches from France and Spain to as far a

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From: The Independent - London
Date: 20010901
Author:Emily Hatchwell

CIDER COUNTRY, WHERE'S THAT THEN?

For our purposes, wherever cider's the traditional tipple. Cider is now made all over the world from Oregon to Cape Town (the cider market in South Africa is the second biggest in the world after the UK). However, to experience traditional cider-making you should head for Herefordshire, Somerset, Normandy in France or Asturias in Spain.

ARE WE TALKING SCRUMPY OR WOODPECKER HERE?

Ninety-eight per cent of the 110 million gallons of cider that we currently consume annually in this country is `industrial' cider. This may be made from apple concentrate. It is ...

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