Winter Wonderland Part 1
Until the end of March, Jefferson, Keswick, First Colony, Michael Shaps and Castle Hill Cider offered a Winter Wonderland Passport where you can taste at all 5 for $25. Due to the crazy winds, some of the places were running on generator power only. This trip, we went to Castle Hill Cidery and Keswick Vineyards. It was our first trip to Castle Hill . We are not huge fans of cider in general, but we were pleasantly surprised by how much we enjoyed it here. They grow many apples on property and get some from nearby, but they do get some varieties from out of the area as well. They had 9 ciders to taste ranging from dry to sweet (but not too sweet!), including 3 vertical tastings. Terrestrial 2013 - Candice liked this cider because it was very dry and acidic. It was clean and fresh and reminded her of a steel fermented white wine Terrestrial 2016 - This vintage contained a slightly different combination of apples. Lesley preferred this one over the 2013 because it was smoother an...
