Champlain Orchards on
Route 74 in Shoreham is celebrating this weekend.
Today (Saturday, Oct. 13), 3-7 p.m., the orchard is holding its annual Ciderfest event. Sweet and hard apple ciders and apple wines are featured during the event that also includes apple-picking, cider-making demonstrations and live music by
Run Mountain ("old-time music" string band). Tickets to the event are $18 per person.
Tomorrow (Sunday, Oct. 14), 12-3 p.m., Champlain Orchards hosts an open air concert featuring Ben Campbell and Caleb Elder to wrap up its busy
2012 events season.
Update 10/14/2012: Had a really nice time at Ciderfest yesterday afternoon. The hard cider and ice cider sampling with the live music of Run Mountain in the background was fun. Anna and I particularly enjoyed the sweet dessert wine products of the
Eden Ice Cider Company of West Charleston, Vermont. (Our favorite was the Honeycrisp, made from apples harvested right there at the Shoreham Champlain Orchards. We went back for seconds on that one.) The food was good, too. We enjoyed beef stew, sausage sandwiches, cider tea cakes, apple pie, various cheeses, crackers, apple butter, dried apple slices... We finished off the afternoon by picking a half-peck of apples each (we picked mainly Empire and Macs) while looking out on the Lake Champlain scenery and by visiting the orchard store.
At the store where we were delighted to find a selection of hard and sweet ciders, delicious cider donuts, plenty of apples and pumpkins, raw honey, apple cider syrup, maples syrup, fudge and lots more. Champlain Orchards put on a fine program. Some photos below:
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| Champlain Orchards in Shoreham, VT |
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| Some old web blogger traipsing among the Macintosh trees. |
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| Cider tasting |
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| Locally produced beef and pork. |
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| A portion of our pick-your-own haul of Macs and Empires. |
A short clip of Run Mountain's music.
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