Season 8 · Episode 377
377: Fable Farm Fermentory's Co-Evolution of Humanity & Apples | VT
Cider Chat · Ria Windcaller: Award winning Cidermaker | Craft Libations Columnist | Podcaster
August 23, 20231h 5m
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Show Notes
Fable Farm Fermentory's Co-Evolution of Humanity & Apples The Apple Calls Us In | Fable Farm, VT started 15 years ago...
In this episode hear how brother's Jon and Christopher Piana found their way to Fable Farm and how you can get there and enjoy the bounty too!
Jon and Chris Piana
Hear about:
- Jon and Christopher's back stories
- Fable Farm's Feast and Field Event
- Every Thursday during the summer months, enjoy out door music, food, cider, and more libations
- The Tasting Room
- The Cave - underneath the huge barn at Fable Farm
- The Quarterly Wine Club
- Foraging Apples
- Native yeasts, apples and grapes
- Co-ferments
Jon opening bottle in Cider Cave
- Ciders
- Walden (7.0%)
- A small amount of the 2020 pet nat, Emanation, was barreled down to age an additional two years.
- Emanation (6.0%)
- 1-2 years in the bottle, this cider has been rolling out since 2015
- Apples from Walden Heights Nursery and Orchard
- Fluxion (6.9%)
- made with a blend multiple vintages, which is a technique called Solera
- a spritz of maple syrup is added for the secondary fermentation. At this point the yeast remaining in the bottle get reinvigorated and create bubbles. (this is the short story of what is called traditional method)
- Walden (7.0%)