Holidays

We’re experiencing snow one day and t-shirt weather the next, which must mean that it’s December in The Finger Lakes of Central New York! The holiday season might look a little different this year, but we have some really nice things happening in the cidery.

Last week, we started getting the orchards ready for an expansion next year by installing drainage tile so the trees don’t get wet feet. This should make our lives much easier, and will allow for additional fruit trees to be planted on site. Even though it was cold, snowy and at time raining up on the hill, Steve and Leif cranked out the project - something we will be thanking ourselves for the life of the orchard.

A collection of prints by Liontail Press. Click here to visit the website to learn more.

As a team, we decided to do our part to slow the spread of COVID-19 by switching over to solely operating as a bottle shop, and no longer providing cider tastings/flights or glasses. Although we have eliminated those aspects of our business for the time being, we have compensated by adding new features including a small artisan market featuring local pottery by Hannah Graeper, prints from Liontail Press and photographs from William Mullan who was featured in the NY Times Magazine (Social handle: @pomme_queen). These all make unique gifts along with our ciders and branded clothing such as hoodies and t-shirts.

A view of the bottle shop.

Our 2020 Holiday Trio has arrived, featuring Newtown Pippin (dry, sparkling), Bluegrass Russet (semi-dry, sparkling) and Pommeau (sweet, fortified). Click image above to purchase for yourself or friends/family!

We have also put together a few different holiday packages including our Holiday Trio featuring Newtown Pippin, Bluegrass Russet, and Pommeau, which can be purchased within the cidery or ordered online and has FREE SHIPPING to most states - making great gifts that you can send to friends and family from our web site. Additionally, this month our culinary team is planning to roll out meals for you to bring home, reheat and enjoy - we are working out the kinks but that should be a go soon, so stay tuned!

We appreciate you being patient with us as we make shifts to adapt to these everchanging times - the entire SHC crew is excited for the holidays, and we would love to see you stop by the cidery soon if you’re local, and when the weather warms up in the spring if you have to travel!

One example of photographs by featured photographer William Mullan. Mullan uses the handle @pomme_queen (see Instagram for more examples of photos).