This year we took a big step in production.  The decision to take our production over the magic 7000 litre duty threshold was fairly easy – we were selling more than we were producing.  However, you need to make a fairly big jump to retain profitability, so we aimed to make 25,000 litres.

What I wasn’t expecting was the tonnage of perry pears that were available.  We are really lucky to have had the full production from Ribston Lawn in Much Marcle this year. Adrian Hope has a fine perry orchard, and this year the Blakeney Red were incredibly prolific.  So much so that I had to buy an extra 10,000 litres of tank space to fit it all in!

What this means is we will release at least two perry styles (one still and one Champagne Method) next year, as well as a the usual cider blends (Putley Gold and Marcle Ridge) as well as a couple of specials of which more will be revealed as they take shape!