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  • August 2013 Issue
  • Story by Richard Lehnert
  • The French connection

    Hudson Valley orchardists and cider makers traveled to France to see how hard cider is made and sold; their French counterparts visited New York to learn about direct marketing.

    [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”] At least a dozen orchardists along the Hudson River from New York City north to Albany are developing cideries—the apple cider equivalent of grape wineries. They’ve developed the Hudson Valley Cider Alliance, are putting together a hard cider trail, and in the fall they celebrate Cider Week. It’s October 18-27 this year. Helping to make all this possible is Colette Rossant, a woman born in Paris in 1932 and raised in Egypt during World War II. […]

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