Yankee Folly Cidery

02/09/2018

Thanks, Can't wait for the Chocolate Expo, it's always a great event!!

12/08/2017

Great entertainers and entertainment this Sunday, Dec. 10th, The Chocolate Expo at Cradle of Aviation Museum! Celebrity chef demos, 501st Legion: Empire City Garrison of The 501st Legion Star Wars Characters (including Princess Leia & Darth Vader!), laser light shows in the Giant Dome Theater, Party in Hangar 2 with DJCHEF.com, dance contests, News 12 Long Island Photo Booth, Retro Gaming Exhibit, face painting, balloon twisting, cookie decorating, Chanukah donut decorating, live music by Chelsea Takami and visits by Santa & Mrs. Claus.

Tastings & sales of chocolates, baked goods, specialty foods, gelato, cheeses, wines, spirits, beers, ciders, craft sodas, coffees and much more at 90+ vendor booths! Great holiday gift shopping surrounded by 75 spectacular air & space exhibits.

See the schedule at: http://thechocolateexpo.com/longislandentertainment.html

Tickets available at:
http://thechocolateexpo.com/longislandtickets.html

11/28/2017

and here's his blog, FB wouldn't let me post two links simultaneously : Carlo DeVito is a long time wine lover, and author of books and magazine articles. He is the author of Wineries of the East Coast. He has traveled to wine regions in California, Canada, up and down the east coast, France, Spain and Chile. He has been a published executive for more than 20 years. He shepherded the wine book program of Wine Spectator as well as worked with Kevin Zraly, Oz Clarke, Matt Kramer, Tom Stevenson, Evan Dawson, Greg Moore, Howard Goldberg, and many other wine writers. He has also published Salvatore Calabrese, Jim Meehan, Clay Risen, and Paul Knorr. Mr. DeVito is the inventor of the mini-kit which has sold more than 100,000,000 copies world wide. He has also publisher such writers as Stephen Hawking, E. O Wilson, Philip Caputo, Gilbert King, James McPherson, John and Mary Gribbin, Thomas Hoving, David Margolick, Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., John Edgar Wideman, Stanley Crouch, Dan Rather, Dee Brown, Susie Bright, and Eleanor Clift. He is also the owner of Hudson-Chatham Winery, co-founder of the Hudson Berkshire Beverage Trail, and president of the Hudson Valley Wine Country.

Publisher. Writer. Winemaker.

11/28/2017

Carlo DeVito, president of the Hudson Valley Wine Country and author of wine books, posted this review about us. .." A very, very impressive light cider!
Despite it's more popular branding,
it's actually a damn good light cider! Drink up!"...
see it here:
eastcoastwineries.blogspot.com/2017/11/yankee-folly-cider-great-light-cider.html
and thanks, Carlo! We are very, very happy you liked it!

Yankee Folly Cidery was established in April 2014 formed by Edmund Tomaselli and Eric James in New York's Hudson Valley. The hard cider...

11/02/2017

We're in Bravo at 34th Av and 35th St in Astoria, right around the corner from Astoria Studios and the Museum of the Moving Image. Fun stuff: Astoria was named after John Jacob Astor. You can see its famous diving pool here in this video: https://youtu.be/7GjFmN7_0xs

10/21/2017

Edmund sprayed the display units on the side so you can see them more easily in the stores. This one is at the new Hannafords (Hurley Ridge) "in" Woodstock (or West Hurley more accurately). Look it's on sale!

10/20/2017

AFAR.com recommends our neighbor Phoenicia on their top ten fall foliage escapes. We like Phoenicia and the area too, and The Graham looks cool to me. It's about an hour (depending on how you drive, but if you drive fast up here, watch out for the deer, who don't always obey traffic signs or exhibit good sense while crossing the street) from Phoenicia to the Cidery, so if you come up, stop in at the farm stand and get some cider. It's also a much prettier ride from New Paltz if you take the back way. (Ask if you want to know and I'll post.)

10/16/2017

Cider-making party a couple of weeks ago in a friend's yard. It took one and a half bushels to make a gallon of cider, pressing it with the little press. The motor makes the gears chew up the apples, and you press the result by hand. We spent days picking apples. And days.

10/04/2017

Couldn't be a better time to visit the Orchard, where we grow all the apples.

09/26/2017

And here's what the article in the Poughkeepsie Journal says, just in case you didn't want to go to the publication. They are right, it is time to get out and enjoy the beautiful area (and the weather!) - now!

09/23/2017

Hard ciders are more than just an alternative to be listed on a beer menu, with the industry expanding and experimenting on what can be done with cider. And the Hudson Valley is home to many stellar cideries.