01/20/2026
I’m back from a much-needed IG breather and feeling super grateful to have cider tucked bubbling away and gearing up for another year of this cider dance.
Last year was a big one for us; our first full year of sales, and it looked a little like this:
- Snow so high critters girdled trees above the guards
- Shook, climbed, and picked more apples than ever — all hand-harvested, always
- Unboxed some fancy gear (pump, press, BIG ol’ tank) and felt legit
- Had a ball slinging cider at a bunch of community eventsÂ
- Took Margaree Cider to a few city markets for the first time and met some friendly folks
- Ate our weight in peaches, plums, grapes, raspberries, seabuckthorn… and apples
- Battled caterpillars leaf by leaf (RIP a few young trees)
- Played with new co-ferments - grapes & blueberries and a few more (some wins, some lessons)
- Landed Margaree Cider in restaurants for the first time
- Finished planting our orchard. And our oldest trees (planted ~ 5 years ago) started to produce apples.
Thank you to everyone who bought a bottle, sought us out, and supported our tiny cidery - especially our home community. It means everything.
Here’s to another year of experimenting, connecting, and galavanting around the hills of Margaree in search of the next special apple 🍏✨