Our former apprentice, Joshua Hinchman from Seminary Cider in NY, February 3, 2026
I headed south to Providence, RI with Todd Little-Siebold to attend Cider Con, a major annual apple and cider conference. We’ll be giving a talk together on apple genetics with Jamie Hanson of Seed Savers Exchange tomorrow. I will also give another talk tomorrow with Matt Kaminsky and Steve Van Nocker. That one is on cider apples of the future. It should be a busy day!
Tonight was an opening “cider share” in a huge packed convention hall. There were at least fifty different cideries from across the US and beyond pouring their ciders. I couldn’t try them all though I made a reasonable effort. I also connected with many folks in the cider and apple world who I don’t often get to see. Some of them are among my favorite people in the world. What a great community!