Marechal Foch is a french hybrid that ripens early (before the hurricane rains) and is very disease resistance. Paul fell in love with this grape while working at Atwater.  Marechal Foch is a teinturier grape (pronounced: teen-tour-ee-er), which means that it has red flesh and red juice. Teinturier grapes have pigments called anthocyanins that gather within the grape's flesh making it red. most red grapes have red skins and clear flesh. The red color of red wine usually comes from the anthocyanins leeched out of the grape skins during fermentation, which is why most rosé's are light colored. The beauty of a rosé of Marechal Foch is that the rich red color is immediate in the juice. Marechal Foch is a french hybrid and does not carry the pedigree of a few of it's vinifera cousins, but we care less about pedigree and more about what is delicious, grows well, and makes a good wine. 

Our Cider is made predominantly from Gold Rush apples from our orchard planted in 2007. We add a few bittersweet apples in to round out the flavor profile. After fermentation, the cider ages in neutral barrels for a year and then we bottle condition the cider to add some bubbles for flavor and to protect the cider from oxygenation.