183: Normandy Cider Trail Tips
Cider Chat5 Jun 2019

183: Normandy Cider Trail Tips

Normandy Cider Trail Tips

Annie Sargent is the Producer and Host of a fantastic and informative podcast for anyone thinking about traveling to France called "Join Us in France Travel Podcast". In this episode, Annie and I do duel recordings to share with both of our podcast audiences. I get to share my passion for French Cider [cidre] and Perry [poiré] and provide both Ciderville, Annie, and the Join Us in France audience a taste of the Normandy Cider Trail with tons of tips!

Topics covered in this chat

  • What is cidre?
  • What is Poiré?
  • Why make this a destination in France?
  • Tips for preparing for a cider tour to Normandy
  • Key towns and Routes in Normandy
    • Route du Cidre - Pays d'Auge - renown cider apples 9non eating apples0. This region requires 100% cider apples in the cidre to be distilled into Calvados for the Pays d'Auge Appellation
    • Route du Poiré - Domfrontais - renown Perry Pears, specific pear varieties used for fermenting into Poiré and Calvados. This region must have at the minimum 35% Poiré distilled into Calvodos for the Domfront Appellation

Key sights to see

Join Ria and cider fans September 22-28, 209 for a Totally Cider Tour to Normandy. This special curated cider tour is fill with sight seeing trips, time to go solo and wander about and a bounty of cider.

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