Denver Wine Radio

This week, Brad Page from Colorado Cider Company in Denver joins Paul to try ciders from his esteemed cidery. Colorado Cider Company is the oldest operating cidery in the state. Owners Brad and Kathe Page have also been planting cider and heirloom variety apples and pears at their property in Hotchkiss since 2012. Some of their most well-known products include the Glider, Dry Glider and Ol' Stumpy, produced in 2011, but they're also known for our unique lemon grass/dry hopped Grasshop-ah as well as other botanical favorites such as Pome Mel (Cyser with rosemary and Lavender) and their session cider Radl'ah. The first cider on the list is the Colorado Cider Company's Block One Radler. This cider is made from the first planting (2013) of eleven plus cider and heirloom apple varieties at their orchard in Hotchkiss, Colorado. CCC are trying to determine what traditional apples will grow at altitude and produce unique flavorful ciders. They are happy with this first Block One harvest and think you’ll like it too!