It’s cider festival this weekend in a dozen cider houses in Quebec, on the occasion of La Grande Presse, an annual event that takes place simultaneously in Montérégie, in the Basses-Laurentides, in Estrie, in the region of the Capitale-Nationale and in Chaudière-Appalaches.
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On the program, visit of the facilities near Cidrerie Lacroix, Le Somnambule cider house, Cidrerie Michel Jodoin and Domaine Cartier-Potelle, demonstration of different press methods at Cidrerie Compton, Ferme cidricole Équinoxe, Domaine Steinbach and Chez Le Somnambule, commented tastings in the majority of participating cider houses – Le Somnambule and Verger Allen Demers even invite visitors to taste the fermenting cider directly from the vat.
Finally, this year it will still be possible for in-house cider makers to buy their juice directly from the Cidrerie Compton, the Cidrerie Milton, the cider farm Equinoxe, the Somnambule, the Cidrerie Cryo and, for the first time, from the Cidrerie The cross. Bring your carboys!