Join us at Blue Bee Cider for the release of Greg Hansard’s Virginia Cider: A Guidebook from Colonial Days to Craft’s Golden Age.
Come meet the author and have copies of your book signed. Copies of the book will also be available for purchase.
Virginia Cider is the definitive history of making and drinking cider in Virginia. The book shows how apple orchards have been a fixture of the Commonwealth’s farming landscape since the 17th century, and cider was made and consumed by almost everyone—men, women, and children of all socioeconomic orders throughout the state’s history. Alongside this cider history, Hansard’s book describes the state of cider in Virginia today with particular attention paid to heirloom cider apples, the unique terroir of the region, and the cideries that make this tasty elixir. The book also includes an in-depth guide profiling more than 50 cider producers throughout the state, with “Try This” suggestions and a comprehensive map to help plan excursions.
Gregory J. Hansard teaches history and museum studies at Brightpoint Community College in Chester, Virginia and the author of German Sailors in Hampton Roads: A World War I Story at the Norfolk Navy Yard and Virginia Cider: A Guide from Colonial Days to Craft’s Golden Age.
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