The hunt is on for old cider apple varieties - Martin Hesp discovers how DNA fingerprinting could help the Devon firm Sandford Orchards to bring back the fabulous ciders of yesteryear
Martin Hesp
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The hunt is on for old cider apple varieties - Martin Hesp discovers how DNA fingerprinting could help the Devon firm Sandford Orchards to bring back the fabulous ciders of yesteryear
Cider-maker Roger Wilkins talks about his Banksy works of art and tells Martin Hesp about other celebrities who have been to his old cider shed at Mudgeley, on a little ridge in the northern Somerset Levels.
Here’s a little bit of cider history for those who are interested in the drink which is made from fermented apple juice
Sandford Orchards makes really good cider - and good for them for taking on the Big Boys in the drinks industry and producing a high quality Devon cider, says Martin Hesp
In the third of our Six Somerset Walks, Martin Hesp enjoys the wonderful circular route that takes hikers from Langport to Muchelney and back
A video of Roger Wilkins, of Wilkins Cider, shot 30 years ago is today’s Exmoor Lockdown Diary
Another video from Normandy nearly 30 years ago when Tim Bannerman and Martin Hesp were filming everything there was to film about orchards and cider making in the region
Martin Hesp puts the 100th Exmoor Lockdown Diary on his website by presenting a video of an interview he did 30 years ago with an old cider-maker from Glastonbury