We're busy bringing in the apples here at the orchard.  We've already pressed our Discovery, Worcester Pearmain, Tydemans Early Worcester and James Grieve for juice, much to the relief of many of our loyal customers who had to endure several weeks of these varieties being sold out!

Russet (see left) & Bramley will be next on the list, they're looking good on the trees at the moment.  We're doing a big volume this year as it is our most popular juice, and the trees are loaded!

The Somerset Redstreak (see right) have been picked & pressed for cider, and the ripeness is way beyond expectation, with potential alcohol at 8%.  The juice is so good that I may use some for a single variety cider.  We'll see how it turns out!

Everything else is still on the trees, getting as ripe as possible before picking.

I filmed the trees being shaken this year, and you can see a short youtube clip here:

You can see that most of the apples had dropped naturally as they were so ripe.  Once the apples are on the floor, we send in a team of pickers to collect the very best, removing damaged and rotten fruit before it gets to the press!