Cider Fact
"...all strong and pleasant cider excites and cleanses the stomach, strengthens digestion, and infallibly frees the kidneys and bladder from breeding gravel and stone."
John Evelyn, Pomona, 1664
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Special Events
2010 Special Events
July 17 Music, Mead and Cider
Foggy Ridge Cider and Blacksnake Meadery
Vi st the back roads of southwest Virginia—sample cider and mead and enjoy local music at two unique artisans less than 2 miles apart. $5 charge includes cider and mead tasting along with original music at both locations. Open 11 to 5; music 12 to 4.
www.blacksnakemead.com
August 7 Music, Mead and Cider
Foggy Ridge Cider and Blacksnake Meadery
Visit the back roads of southwest Virginia—sample cider and mead and enjoy local music at two unique artisans less than 2 miles apart. $5 charge includes cider and mead tasting along with original music at both locations. Open 11 to 5; music 12 to 4.
www.blacksnakemead.com
September 11—12 Mountain Road Wine Experience Tasting Tour
Food & Beverage Pairings at Five Winery Sites
Visit Foggy Ridge Cider, Villa Appalaccia, Chateau Morrisette, AmRhein Winery and Blacksnake Meadery for a self-guided progressive tasting tour. $30 ticket covers inventive food and beverage tastings at all locations. Tickets can be purchased in advance or day of at any location. 11 to 5 Saturday; 12 to 5 Sunday.
www.mountainroadwineexperience.com
October 2 Fall Open House with Dogtown Pizza
Foggy Ridge Cider
Sample Grimes Golden, Newtown Pippin, Ashmead's Kernel and Pomme Gris with nationally known apple expert, Tom Burford, at Foggy Ridge Cider's fall open house. Learn about heirloom apples and bring your own mystery apples for identification. Enjoy Dogtown Pizza's famous artisan pizzas and fall mountain views. All this and 91 year old Eldon Gardner playing his harmonica and washboard tie. Cider tasting free. Pizza $10 to $15. Open 11 to 5.
October 12 Cider Dinner at the Red Hen Restaurant
Foggy Ridge Visits the Red Hen in Lexington, VA
Chef Tucker Yoder creates a seasonal menu paired with cider. Details to follow.
October 27 Cidermaker's Night at the Frenchman's Corner
Foggy Ridge Cider Visits the Frenchman's Corner in Culpepper, VA
The charming town of Culpepper contains a "purveyor of life's finest pleasures". We add cider to the mix in a cheese and cider tasting at the Frenchman's Corner.
www.frenchmancorner.com
October 30 Halloween Treats at Foggy Ridge Cider & Blacksnake Mead
Foggy Ridge Cider & Blacksnake Meadery
Which to visit first? Doesn't matter, you'll find treats (no tricks) at both Foggy Ridge Cider and Blacksnake Mead. Sample cider and mead, paired with tasty treats of the season. 11 to 5.
November 11 Cider Meets Cheese at Murray's Cheese
Foggy Ridge Cider Visits Bleeker Street and Murray's Cheese in NYC
It's All American in our fall cider and cheese class at Murray's. Sample cider and cheese by American artisans, including Foggy Ridge of course.
www.murrayscheese.com
November 27 Thanksgiving Open House
Foggy Ridge Cider & Blacksnake Meadery
Prolong your Thanksgiving indulgences...or just get away from the relatives at this joint event with our close neighbor, Blacksnake Meadery. Enjoy Apple Butternut Squash Soup and Apple Cake with Pippin Gold Glaze at Foggy Ridge. Blacksnake offers up Honey Glazed Pork and Baklava.
Cider and mead, of course, at the appropriate location. $5 covers treats and tastings at both spots. And bring your late season apples for apple identification...there is still time to save a few uncommon apples! 11 to 5.
December 11—12 Holiday Open House
Foggy Ridge Cider & Blacksnake Meadery
Double the fun—sample Christmas goods and check names off your holiday gift list at Foggy Ridge Cider's last open day of the year. Sample Serious Cider, First Fruit and Sweet Stayman cider, and take home a bottle of Pippin Gold dessert cider for your boss. Then enjoy mulled mead by the fire at Blacksnake. No charge for this last day of the season. Guaranteed to please.
Earlier Events in 2010
April 10 Grafting Apple Trees
Foggy Ridge Cider
9 to 12 or 1 to 4
Learn to graft apple trees in this hands on workshop led by grafter extraordinaire, Wythe Morris, Area Extension Agent. Choose from over 25 apple varieties including many heirloom varieties from Foggy Ridge Cider's orchards. Ashmead's Kernel, Cox's Orange Pippin and Thomas Jefferson's favorite Esopus Spitzenberg will offer delicious fruit in your back yard garden. $10 covers five trees of your very own plus a snack of apple wood smoked trout with apple horseradish sauce. Call Carroll County Extension office to reserve a spot. 276 730-3110.
April 17 Cidermaker's Forum
Foggy Ridge Cider at Vintage Virginia Apples
Norh Garden, VA 10 to 4
Learn the art and science of making hard cider with cidermakers Diane Flynt of Foggy Ridge and Chuck Shelton of Albemarle Ciderworks, along with Ben Watson, Tom Burford, Jocelyn Kuzelka and other luminaries of the wine and cider world. Reserve at www.vintagevirginiaapples.com.
April 17 Cider Dinner with L'Etoile Chef Mark Gresge
Foggy Ridge Cider at Vintage Virginia Apples
Classically trained chef Mark Gresge of Charlottesville's L'Etoile restaurant celebrates local food and hard cider on the grounds of Vintage Virginia Apples. Mark's menu features seasonal dishes and cider from Foggy Ridge and Albemarle Ciderworks. Get details and reserve at 434 979-7957.
April 24 Grafting Apple Trees
Foggy Ridge Cider
9 to 11:30
Floyd County's own Jon Vest leads this hands on workshop. Choose from many delicious apple varieties and head home with "home made" trees. $10 covers five trees of your very own plus—if we are lucky—Chuck's applewood smoked trout. Call Floyd County Extension office to reserve a spot. 540 745-9310.
April 26 Cider & Snacks at Poole's Downtown Diner
Raleigh, NC
6:30 to 8
Ashley Christiansen' creative seasonal dishes along with Foggy Ridge Cider—you can't get much better for Monday night treats around the bar at Raleigh's retro-chic Poole's Downtown Diner. Expect inspired snacks of the season from this extremely talented chef and, of course, our latest cider. Reservations required at 919 832-4477. Poole's Downtown Diner
May 1 Blossoms & Bees—Spring Open House at Foggy Ridge & Blacksnake
Foggy Ridge Cider and Blacksnake Meadery
Welcome spring (it will be very welcome this year!) and stroll through heirloom apple orchards in bloom at Foggy Ridge Cider's first open day of the season. Foggy Ridge and neighbor Blacksnake Mead offer gourmet treats paired with cider and mead, made from honey and busy bees. $5 covers tastings and food pairings at both locations. 11 to 5
May 15 Dogtown Pizza at Foggy Ridge
Foggy Ridge Cider
Local fennel sausage with blue cheese, homemade mozzarella and tomato sauce, classic three cheese...plus Foggy Ridge Cider and spring orchard views. Dogtown Pizza brings their mobile brick oven to Foggy Ridge Cider for a special treat of freshly baked thin crust pizza made with local ingredients. Pizzas $10 to $15. Cider tasting free. Experience priceless. 11 to 5
May 29 Music, Mead and Cider
Foggy Ridge Cider and Blacksnake Meadery
Visit the back roads of southwest Virginia—sample cider and mead and enjoy local music at two unique artisans less than 2 miles apart. At Foggy Ridge, sip cider overlooking heirloom apple orchards, and enjoy mead on Blacksnake's Sippin Porch. $5 charge includes cider and mead tastings along with original music at both locations. Open 11 to 5; music 12 to 4.
www.blacksnakemead.com
June 12—13 Mountain Road Wine Experience
Six Blue Ridge Wine Trail Sites
Visit Foggy Ridge Cider, Villa Appalaccia, Chateau Morrisette, AmRhein Winery and Blacksnake Meadery for a self-guided progressive tasting tour. $30 ticket covers inventive food and beverage tastings at all locations. Tickets can be purchased in advance or day of at any location. 11 to 5 Saturday; 12 to 5 Sunday.
www.mountainroadwineexperience.com
June 26 Music, Mead and Cider
Foggy Ridge Cider and Blacksnake Meadery
Experience two originals
—enjoy local music and taste award winning cider and mead just 2 miles apart near the Blue Ridge Parkway. $5 charge includes cider and mead tastings along with original music at both locations. Open 11 to 5; music 12 to 4.
www.blacksnakemead.com
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