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Apples and Cider: A Virginia Story…Past, Present and Future, November 12, 2024 6:00PM

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Apples and Cider: A Virginia Story…Past, Present and Future

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Tuesday, November 12, 2024 | 6-7:30pm

Apples and cider sound like fall, and in Virginia this calls to mind the rich Shenandoah Valley orchards and the many cideries across the state. But for over 250 years, apples grew throughout the South, from Tidewater to Mississippi. In Wild, Tamed, Lost, and Revived: The Surprising Story of Apples in the South, cidermaker and orchardist Diane Flynt tells a 200-year-old tale with anecdotes of 17th century Virginia orchards, Presidential apple grower, southern apples on the Oregon Trail emigrants, and even Queen Victoria. She also takes readers to darker side of the orchard: the apple’s relationship to slavery and the theft of Indigenous lands. 

In 1997 Flynt founded Foggy Ridge Cider, the South’s first cidery. Join us to hear her journey as a grower and cidermaker, and her insights into Virginia’s complex history with this fruit. Her research and passion will enable you to never again view apples and cider with a simplistic lens. MacKenzie Smith, owner of Richmond’s Blue Bee Cider, will share additional cider commentary. Enjoy sampling three ciders from Blue Bee made with heirloom southern apples, taste heirloom apple varieties and apple themed nibbles. Select ciders from Blue Bee Cider will also be available for purchase.

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