Cider Week FLX 2017! SEPT.29th-OCT.8th
Come Cider With Us!!!! Find out where Redbyrd will be during Cider Week FLX 2017 FRIDAY 9/29: Meet the Cider Makers at […]
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Redbyrd Orchard Cider Wheel Project
At Redbyrd Orchard we are currently working on a new project, developing a cider wheel to highlight and focus on the […]
Redbyrd Orchard Cider during Cider Week FLX 2016
You can find Redbyrd Orchard Cider throughout the calendar of events for this cider celebration! Here’s a few highlighted specials… SUNDAY OCTOBER 9th, 11am-3pm REDBYRD ORCHARD OPEN HOUSE 4491 Reynolds Rd, Trumansburg, NY 14886 Join us for a tour of our biodynamic orchard and learn more about what goes into your bottle of Redbyrd Orchard Cider! For this one special day we’d like to invite you to come get to know our trees, sheep, geese, and family. We’ll have orchard walking tours with our […]
Redbyrd’s Summer Releases
These three ciders are finally ready for you! Join us for a special Summer Release Tasting at the Finger Lakes Cider House, Sunday July 31 2-4:30pm.
Just in time for Mother’s Day…Redbyrd’s Bottle Share sign up has begun!
Find out more right here!
Redbyrd Release Party @FingerLakesCiderHouse!!!!
Please join us: April 9th, Saturday 2-5 pm at the Finger Lakes Cider House…. let’s drink some cider, y’all!!!! Our first three releases for this year are showing that even though 2015 was a year of big yield from the orchard, which tends to result in lower concentration and sugars in the fruit, the ciders are showing elegance in the glass. Our Workman Dry highlights apricot and tropical fruit on the nose and bright acidity. The Workman Semi-dry shows aromas of pears […]
The Poetics of Fruit Thinning
It’s hard, but somebody’s got to do it! Oh how easy it would be to let all those gorgeous fruitlets grow to fruition, smile smile. They look so beautiful and full of potential. It seems to go against nature in a certain sense to not let them fulfill their destiny, but alas…we are growing for great, intensely flavorful, and optimally healthy fruit. Which means, with deep regret and the sincerest of apologies , not all them apples are meant to make it. […]
Starblossom 2012 Released
We’re happy to report Release Day success! Thanks to all who came down to taste and buy at our local and absolutely amazing Trumansburg Farmers’ Market this past Wednesday. What a beautiful evening; big blue skies, the sounds of the Grady Girls traditional Irish folk musicc (click on that link, trust me you won’t regret it!) coming from the bandstand, the smells of Hazelnut Kitchen’s housemade chorizo sausage and Wide Awake’s fresh baked bread and MacDonald Family’s sauerkraut fritters, wafting through the […]
Growing Habitat for Wild Bees
At Redbyrd Orchard, we love wild bees! Wild bees are fantastic pollinators for apples and other tree fruit, in part because wild bees fly in cooler temperatures when honey bees aren’t active, and because, holy cow, the current state of affairs for honey bees is pretty scary and uncertain. Wild bees emerge early in the spring and pollinate apple blossoms even when cooler weather prevails. This pollination is critical for our apples. We leave unmowed row middles until early summer, allowing wildflowers […]
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