You can still attend, even if you didn’t pre-register! We needed a head count for the caterer, but we ordered a few extra meals. Please email Craig Kahlke (cjk37@cornell.edu) if you want to join us. (Maybe also pack a few snacks, just in case.)
Join the Cornell Hard Cider Program Work Team & The New York Cider Association on June 14 as we tour commercial cider operations across Western NY. We’ll hear from producers about their agri-entertainment, cider production, and cider apple production strategies. Extension specialists and researchers from CCE and Cornell will discuss current research into cider apple varieties, cider apple orchard management, and mechanical harvesting.
Stop 1: 10:00 AM-11:00 AM
Clarksburg Cider
4493 Walden Ave., Lancaster 14086
Hosted by Michael Robb (owner) and Isabella Pucci-Schaefer (cidermaker)
Short Tour of Production Facilities
Optional tasting
Travel to stop 2, ~36 minutes, 11-11:40 AM
Stop 2: 11:40 AM- 1:00 PM
Becker Farms & Vizcarra Vineyards
3724 Quaker Rd., Gasport 14067
Hosted by Mindy Vizcarra
Lunch
Optional tasting
Agri-entertainment, how beverages fit in, how its grown
Program Announcements, Upcoming Events, etc. (NYCA/CCE/Cornell)
Production Tour
Travel to stop 3, ~15 minutes, 1:00-1:15 PM
Stop 3: 1:20 PM – 2:20 PM
Donovan Orchards Estate Ciders
8503 Lower Lake Rd., Barker 14012
Hosted by Scott Donovan
Orchard Tour
Production tour
Low intervention cider making techniques
Focus on cider varieties
Optional tasting
Travel to Stop 4 ~17 minutes, 2:20-2:40 PM
Stop 4: 2:40-3:45 PM
LynOaken Farms & Steampunk Cider
11540 Platten Rd., Lyndonville 14098
Cornell students collecting data in the LynOaken Farms hard cider orchard.
Hosted by Christopher & Jonathan Oakes
High density hard cider block
Cornell thinning trials
Mechanical harvesting discussion
Cider production facility tour
3:45 PM ADJOURN, or head to the tasting room at LynOaken Farms Market & Winery for a tasting or purchase at 10609 Ridge Road Medina NY, 14103 (~11 minutes)
Attendees are responsible for their own transportation. Carpooling highly encouraged!
Registration fee: $5; lunch and cider tastings included!
Register at: https://lof.cce.cornell.edu/event.php?id=1938