Dunkertons Cider Mill » Further Information

Dunkertons are essentially sophisticated farmhouse ciders, combining the best of Herefordshire's cider making tradition with an understanding of the needs of the late 20th century; no chemical spray touches the fruit that we press and no colourings or flavourings are added.

All our ciders and perry are made to Soil Association Standard, a symbol of organic quality.

The juice of the apple can be converted to cider of a sort, but high quality ciders with depth of character and flavour are made only from cider apples which contain varying degrees of acids and tannins; Foxwhelp is an excellent example of a sharp (acid) variety, Knotted Kernal is a bittersweet i.e. high in tannin and sugar.

Searching for interesting ciders has led Dunkertons to produce three single apple varieties which make delicious ciders in themselves: Breakwells Seedling, Court Royal and the now rare Kingston Black, considered the greatest of all cider apples. However their main production will be individually blended ciders; varieties are fermented separately and then blended throughout the year in 2000-gallon vats. At the time of writing, the blended cider available in litre bottles contains: Foxwhelp, Brown Snout, Yarlington Mill, Strawberry Norman, Tremletts Bitter, Frequin and Rol de Pommme.