The volume of hard cider sold in the U.S. has grown from 5 million gallons in 2005 to 46 million gallons in 2016, according to a Cornell University case study of cider apple orchards in New York ...

Hard cider is making a comeback — from a long way back. Consider that many pilgrims on the Mayflower didn’t trust the local water in the New World, so they brought along apple seeds to plant ...

Orchards shifted to apple varieties for eating, making sauce and filtered juice. New York remained the nation’s second-biggest grower of apples, behind Washington, but cider fell by the wayside ...

It's one of eight medals won in 2025 by Island Orchard Cider and the second straight year this cider won a top award in an international competition.

The Witzgalls sell fresh apples, dried apples, apple cider, cider slush, caramel apples, donuts and honey. They have 400 trees and 40 varieties of apples. This year, the couple expect to produce ...