Sparkling Cider On Sale Now!

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.

Have you ever wondered what a "wildberry" is? No, it's not a single type of berry or a buzz word for stuff found in the brush along the wayside but never in your produce market. Wildberry is simply a blend of juices. Wisconsin's Door Peninsula Winery recipe includes plus a little sparkle to create a wonderful non-alcoholic and festive juice. You may want to grab a goblet and "forget" to share your bottle with the kids!

Mushroom Cork with Wire Cage

Parenteau's Gourmet Foods is an Aboriginal Canadian company. Founded in 1991, the company diversified into the beverage industry in 1999. Today it produces four "Champagne-style" sparkling juices including this sparkling Chokecherry cider. Because chokecherry juice is so unique, we submitted the product to a panel of judges for their taste evaluation. The decision was unanimous: it would be a great addition to the SweetwaterOrchards menu of products!

Plastic 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

As a boy I remember those odd red fruits from the grocery store during the fall and early winter. I would dig out the little "seeds" with their sharp, a-little-sweet, a-little-sour taste -- and delightful finger-staining qualities. Even though pomegranates are one of today's nutritional heroes, every sip of Crystal Canyon's Sparkling Apple-Pomegranate Cider reminds me of another hero, my mom. So this chilled glass is raised in your honor, Mom! Thanks for introducing me to pomegranates, giving me a thirst for travel, and training my taste buds for life's best treats.

Mushroom Cork with Wire Cage

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.