Santa Sidra Hard Cider is an award-winning, premium hard cider launched in July 2014 and hand-crafted in Santa Fe from 100% New Mexico apples. We buy local apples that would otherwise go to waste because they're blemished, too small or too big to be sold in grocery stores or at farmers' markets. In 2014 we paid over $25,000 for 25 tons of New Mexico apples thereby creating an entirely new, sustain
able and scalable revenue stream for local, family farmers. Our "rescued" apples make such great cider that we won Best Cider and beat out all the beers for Best of Show at the 2014 NM State Fair Beer, Mead and Cider Competition. And in 2015 we won Silver and Bronze medals at the national cider competition, GLINTCAP. Mike & Stacy Zercher are the owners of Santa Sidra Hard Cider. Mike is also the cidermaker. He accidentally made his first batch of cider as a teenager growing up in Pennsylvania. Mike received his commercial cidermaker training in Washington and England. When Stacy's not teaching yoga, she handles sales of Santa Sidra to stores, bars and restaurants around Santa Fe and also helps with bottling, labeling and keeping Mike on the verge of sanity.
