Oct 18
To aid your consumption of cider during Cider Week, we’ve compiled a list of bars, restaurants and stores that carry our ciders, including the establishments that are hosting events for Cider Week. Click on the links to access each site and enjoy!
Oct 18
It’s Cider Week in NYC, and since we have some of the best Spanish, French and American ciders on offer, we are psyched to celebrate! From De Maison Selections, we bring you Isastegi, Trabanco, and Bordatto Etxaldea. And from the Virginia Blue Ridge Mountains, we carry Foggy Ridge Cider. In these bottles, you’ll find a full range of apple varietals and flavors, from fresh fruit to tart and funk. And whether served with tapas, as an aperitif or on their own, some of our ciders are easy drinking, while others are complex like wine.
Tucked between Spain’s NW regions of Galicia and Basque Country, sits Asturias, home to an eternity of apple orchids. Dominating the economy here since the 18th century, apples have been used for remedies and cooking, and most importantly for the production of apple cider. Here, in the land of apple groves, the Vuelta España hosted Stages 14-16. On Saturday, Stage 14 snaked through the mountains and finished with a grueling 11% climb just south of Austurias; Stage 15 rode through Austurias and, with an evil 13% climb for the final 6.5km, was clearly the most punishing day of the race. On Monday the peloton had a well deserved day of rest (that hopefully included a few bottles of Trabanco Cosecha Propia), and yesterday, Stage 16 raced through the plains of Rioja. And while André Tamers of De Maison Selections most likely wasn’t hanging on to the peloton for dear life while originally touring the region, he did come home with some important cultural findings.
Gerardo Mendez beneath a 250 year-old-vine (Sky of Texas Photography)
Sitting atop Portugal, between the Atlantic and Castilla y León, is the region of Galicia, home to five Denominación de Origens. Typically bypassed by the Vuelta España, but certainly not overlooked by André Tamers of De Maison Selections, Galicia supports three stages of the Vuelta this year: Stage 11 begins in Monterrei–one of the most remote D.O.s where winemakers focus on bulk wines and native varietals–and ends with the Vuelta’s first summit finish at the Manzaneda ski station; Stage 12, a race for the sprinters, begins and ends in Rias Baixas, the most famous D.O. in Galacia, and home to Albariño; and Stage 13, which begins in Galicia and ends in Castilla y León, with a grueling climb up Puerto de Ancares, midway through the stage.
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