American Sparkling Ciders

Carlson Orchards in Harvard, Mass., was founded in 1936 by Walter and Eleanor Carlson. By the late sixties, the focus ot the Carlson farm shifted to apples as the major crop. Today sons Bruce, Frank, and Robert continue the family's fine reputation and the great tradition of high quality apple products from the 140 acre farm. You will want more of this New England non-alcoholic sparkling cider made from McIntosh apples!

Gil and Evelyn Courtier planted their first apple trees in 1949. Today the Pepin Heights family continues the tradition of high quality fruit from what is now Minnesota's largest orchard. Their festive non-alcoholic sparkling cider is 100% natural. They do not add additional sugars or preservatives, leaving you with the pure, refreshing flavor of Minnesota apples!

The folks at Sheffield Cider have blended semi-sweet apples with an extra measure of tannins to produce a subtle astringent flavor. Tannins? Astrigent? Say what? Astringency from the tannins is what causes the dry and puckery feeling in the mouth! The result is a cider that is excellent when served at meals as which enhances the flavors of your menu selections.

AWARD WINNER: Silver Award, 2010 Florida International Grape Juice Competition

AWARD WINNER: Gold Medal, 2010 Finger Lakes International Wine Competition

Calling this cider simply "Harvest Crush" is like calling your Jaguar a nice little car! Get a grip! This is a meticulous blend of gourmet apples and Chardonnay, Cabernet Franc, and Niagara grape juices! Bottled in wine-style glass, the taste of this cider shouts "conniseur, fancy food, no competition," and other superlatives. Hey, don't take our word for it. We are just trying to repeat what our taste buds keep saying.

Prediction, Fall 2009: this will be an award winner!

AWARD WINNER: Silver Award, 2010 Florida International Grape Juice Competition

AWARD WINNER: Silver Medal, 2010 Finger Lakes International Wine Competition

Maurice Henry (M.H.) Zeigler, father of 6 children, needed additional income during the Depression's difficult times. In 1932 he decided to build a cider press in the garage of his row home on Chestnut St. in Lansdale, PA. On Saturdays he and the children would deliver cider door-to-door. Two generations later Zeigler's still ciders are marketed in multiple states. SweetwaterOrchards is proud to be the first internet retailer of their new celebratory sparkling cider, launched in the fall of 2009. 100% juice from Fresh Apples. Maurice would be proud!

St. Julian Winery's Sparkling Apple Cider lights up the senses with its brilliant yellow-gold hue. Using only Michigan-grown fruit, this cider balances sweet and tart to provide a smooth finish as it crosses your palate.

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.

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.

Virginia's scenic Shenandoah Valley, tucked between the Blue Ridge and Appalachian mountains, is home to a wealth of apple orchards and Alpenglow's sweet sparkling ciders. When you add Virginia-grown Rougeon and Muscadine grapes to Alpenglow's best-selling blend of fresh apples and package it in a clear bottle showing the delicate blush color, you have eye candy and tummy tingles!

Virginia's scenic Shenandoah Valley, tucked between the Blue Ridge and Appalachian mountains, is home to a wealth of apple & pear orchards and Alpenglow's sweet sparkling ciders. Alpenglow's best-selling blend of fresh apples blended with white Muscadine grapes from the South creates a delicious beverage that is very similar to a sweet non-alcoholic white champagne.

KUDOS: Mentioned in the December 2004 issue of Ladies Home Journal.

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.

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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.

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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!

Missouri's St. James Winery has a broader focus than its award-winning wines. It's menu also contains six juice products including this Sparkling Cherry Spumante. It is 100% pure cherry juice with no sugar added and comes in a champagne-style bottle.

Mushroom Cork with Wire Cage

Big red raspberries, like black olives, is one of the best finger foods around! You can put one on each finger, showing your winning hand to everyone at the table, and then pop them into your mouth. You can also enjoy this fun fruit by opening a bottle of St. James Winery's Sparkling Raspberry Spumante. Same great taste as your finger food, with a touch of sparkle. 100% juice with no added sugar.

Mushroom Cork with Wire Cage

In 1961, when Russel W. Knudsen began bottling fruit juices from his organic grape vineyard, he did so on one condition: his fresh pressed and blended juices would never have artificial flavors, preservatives or sugar added to them. Little did he know that he was starting a tradition of innovation in health-conscious products. Today the innovation continues with Knudsen's Organic Apple Juice, bottled in a celebratory champagne-style bottle.

KUDOS: A light amber, minimally carbonated organic sparkler with a unique, earthy aroma of oats and barley. The flavor is sweet and full, reminiscent of very ripe apples, and beer-like in heaviness." IMBIBE Magazine, September/October 2006

Here's to those days of our youth when we took a bunch of food groups and created our Signature Recipe. Sometimes it was good, and sometimes it raised the eyebrows of our parents and friends. Califonia's Knudsen Foods has mastered the art, however. Its gourmet sparkling Cherry cider is a carefully crafted blend of apple, cherry, pear, pineapple and plum juices. Wish my recipe had been as good! I think I forgot the plum. Or was it the pineapple?

Apple Cider with a twist. That is what the Knudsen team produced when the added summer strawberries, white grapes, and tropical pineapple juices to create Sparkling Strawberry Juice. Then they slipped it into an elegant champagne-style bottle. Pamper yourself with a glass of this delightful blend and take some time to ponder how blessed you really are.

Take a crisp cold apple out of the cooler. Listen for that crisp crunch as you take your first bite. Notice the sweet juice that collects at the corner of your lips. It is no wonder that apples have been favorite fruits for generations. And the folks at Knudsen's knew their family of juices would not be complete without a pure, crisp sparkling cider from fresh whole apples. It is 100% juice and 100% celebratory!

We are bogged down with our love of cranberries! Cranberry jelly at holiday dinners. Crasins when we're cravin' a snack. Cranberry bits in dark chocolate. Oatmeal-craisin cookies. And Knudsen's Sparkling Cranberry-Apple-White Grape Cider. Add a twist of lime, if you dare! Like all Knudsen celebratory juices, this is 100% juice.

Introduced into California by Spanish settlers in 1769, pomegranates are now cultivated in parts of California and Arizona for juice production. Martinelli's has blended this antioxident-rich "Superfruit" with apple, creating a body-blessing cider.

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Don't get bogged down wondering if a mix of apple-cranberry is worthy of a place at the table! Since the early 21st century, there has been a rapidly growing recognition of cranberries for their nutrient content and antioxidant qualities, giving them commercial status as a health "superfruit." It is no wonder that Martinelli's has added an Apple-Cranberry product to its cider menu!

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Peach orchards, a summer irrigation ditch perfect for swimming, a worn barn, and dusty tractors in Northern California are a great family memory. Now Martinelli's has produced something for new memories. Their apple-peach cider is right at home on the front porch swing!

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Organic products are key to the eating habits of more and more consumers. This trend has not gone unnoticed by Martinelle's. Their Organic Cider meets the strict federal guidelines for fruits and vegetables grown in an organic environment.

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The old pear tree in Aunt Lola's backyard always hung heavy with huge ripe pears -- so much so that supportive 2X2s had to prop up the limbs. That ripe pear taste in now captured in Martinelli's Apple-Pear cider. With no sugar added, it remains 100% juice, not from concentrate.

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Cider Master David H. Cordtz dropped out of the hard cider business in 1999 to begin Sonoma Cider Mill -- a producer of non-alcoholic juices. In less than two years his entire product line was awarded gold and double gold medals at the prestigious 2001 Sonoma County Harvest Fair. Sonoma's sparkling organic apple juice blends six varieties of fresh organic apples to balance the natural sugars and acid thus enhancing the juice's character and flavor.

KUDOS: "Pale and quite clear with light carbonation, this organic sparkler has a very sweet, ripe apple and raisin aroma. The flavor is full and refreshing, with a zing at the finish and a slight cider vinegar character." IMBIBE Magazine, September/October 2006

The Waldensians are immigrants from Northern Italy. In 1893 they settled in the mountains of Western North Carolina. Waldensian Style Sparkling Apple Cider is made from a blend of Red Delicious and Winesap apples, with no sugar or preservatives added! Here's a great recipe!