Just a couple of kids with a crazy dream. After years of making cider and other tasty beverages for other companies, we doubled down and bought a farm and built a cidery. Going all in on growing apples and making something tasty with them.
Woodfolk Cider can be found perched on a hilltop in Oro Medonte, overlooking our orchards, fields, and Moonstone Creek. Over the past five years, the farm has been a whirlwind of activity
with over 3000 apple and pear trees planted, and much cleaning and fixing up around the old homestead. With the help of some friends and family, Alastair has built a beautiful cidery. The project has been hard work but brought so much joy and fun too, growing a community around the farm and the cidery and bringing everyone along for the ride to create something beautiful.
So why cider?
Isn’t that the question. Apples grow fantastically in our climate. You can find them growing feral in the hedgerows all around our county. And it turns out, they make wonderful cider. Really good cider is hard to find, and we wanted to make the kind of ciders that we love drinking. The only way to make good cider is from good fruit. Fruit that is grown for flavour, to peak ripeness from apple varieties with complex flavours. It’s a whole lot of work but the results in the bottle are worth it.
What about the ciders?
Woodfolk ciders are bright and flavourful, with a focus on apple varieties and the diversity of flavours they create. We strive to make ciders that are complex, yet approachable. Ciders that celebrate the land they come from and bottle a little sunshine in your glass. Some ciders may be bright and fruity, others rich and tannic, and all delicious. These ciders pair gorgeously with food and hopefully bring friends together for a little bit of joy.
Cheers!
Martha and Alastair