The Great Taste awards celebrates the very best in food and drink. The Great Taste Golden Fork for the best food and drink from Wales has been presented to Apple County Cider Co based in Newcastle, Monmouthshire, for its Vilberie Medium Dry Cider. This lightly sparkling single variety cider is made from 100% Vilberie bittersweet cider apple juice and demonstrated a “good balance of sweet and dry”. The “grown up” cider’s carbonation and level of tannins drew much praise from the judges, who also enjoyed its “clean, crisp and refreshing taste”.
Out of 10,000 products entered into Great Taste 2015, the Vilberie Medium Dry Cider was celebrated as the best tasting product in its region at the Great Taste Golden Forks Dinner held on Monday 7 September at The Royal Garden Hotel in Kensington, where over 300 guests from the world of fine food gathered to hear the results of many months of rigorous judging.
Contact: Apple County Cider Co, Stephanie Culpin, 01600 750835, www.applecountycider.co.uk.
Feature image: (L to R) John Farrand of the Guild of Fine Food, Russell Roberts of Food and Drink Wales, Ben and Stephanie Culpin of Apple County Cider Co. and Nigel Barden
Apple County Cider Co is the creation of the award winning cider producer Ben Culpin. Ben has been producing cider for six years, during which time he has won numerous awards including Great Taste and The Welsh Cider and Perry Championships. Ben’s cider has won acclaim from chefs, critics, writers and food enthusiasts – ‘foodies’ – alike.
The company is based at Whitehouse Farm, near Skenfrith in Monmouthshire. The farm grows cider apples and blackcurrants in fields looking across the stunning landscape of the Monnow Valley. There’s a cider shop where Apple County also hold cider tasting and sell local produce; when you buy cider here you are likely to be talking to the cider-maker himself.
Apple County Cider produces premium award winning single variety ciders made from 100% apple juice, using varieties such as Dabinett, Vilberie and Brown Snout. Apples are harvested from their orchards and pressed on the farm. The bottled ciders are lightly sparkling; the still cider is straight from the vat and known as ‘Naughty Horsey’. Simply Scrumptious!
We supply our cider to pubs, bars, off licences and independent retailers.
