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Category Archives: The Farm
Apple cider
Early Americans were enthusiastic drinkers of apple cider in part because it could be fermented into hard cider, and hard cider, in a time before modern drinking water, was a healthier beverage to drink than other alternatives at the time, because the alcohol in it provided some safeguard against contamination, in somewhat the same way …
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Apple cider
We cold-press our apple cider in small batches, so you get the freshest and healthiest juice.
Laurie McBride and Tom Wickham looking over the cornfield
John Ross
Who better to tour our cider press with than our longtime friend and customer, the well-known chef John Ross. John Ross is a pioneer in using fresh, local produce to showcase the unique flavors that the climate and geography of the East End make possible. We at Wickham’s Fruit Farm take our hat off to …
At the farmstand
At the farmstand this week
Apple cider
Wickham’s apple cider has a hearty red color, unlike the paler mass-market alternative. We do not add anything to our cider. Our cider is 100% the juice from pressed apples. Take home our cider in 1-gallon, 1/2-gallon, and 8-ounce sizes.
Cider
Taking a batch of cider from the cider press up to the farmstand. We make our cider in Cutchogue’s original cider press, which dates from the early days of the 20th century. The cider press was located next door to the building where the King Kullen supermarket is now, on the north side of Route …