Is Kingsbury Episcopi the true heart of the cider world? Martin Hesp joins poet James Crowden to explore a landscape of 'ghost' apple varieties, Somerset oak brandy, and the proper old-fashioned cider houses of the Levels.

A Celebration of Perry at the Malvern Show James Crowden, a great friend of these pages, invited me along to the Malvern show where he was judging at the Three Counties Cider and Perry Association’s annual Perry Festival. The event is dedicated to promoting knowledge, understanding and appreciation of that most delicious of English drinks, made from fermented pear juice. The Orchard Marquee: A Cathedral of Apples and Pears It all takes place in the amazing orchard marquee. If

What happens when artificial intelligence tries to describe a vintage cider? We put AI to the test alongside some of the West Country's finest cider makers and discovered the difference experience makes.

Perry is one of Britain's oldest and finest drinks. Meet the people behind its remarkable revival and discover why traditional perry deserves to be celebrated alongside the world's greatest wines and ciders.

<p class="">The hunt is on for old cider apple varieties - Martin Hesp discovers how DNA fingerprinting could help the Devon firm Sandford Orchards to bring back the fabulous ciders of yesteryear</p>

<p class="">Cider-maker Roger Wilkins talks about his Banksy works of art and tells Martin Hesp about other celebrities who have been to his old cider shed at Mudgeley, on a little ridge in the northern Somerset Levels. </p>

<p class="">Here’s a little bit of cider history for those who are interested in the drink which is made from fermented apple juice</p>

<p class="">Sandford Orchards makes really good cider - and good for them for taking on the Big Boys in the drinks industry and producing a high quality Devon cider, says Martin Hesp</p>

<p class="">In the third of our Six Somerset Walks, Martin Hesp enjoys the wonderful circular route that takes hikers from Langport to Muchelney and back</p>

<p class="">A video of Roger Wilkins, of Wilkins Cider, shot 30 years ago is today’s Exmoor Lockdown Diary</p>

<p class="">Another video from Normandy nearly 30 years ago when Tim Bannerman and Martin Hesp were filming everything there was to film about orchards and cider making in the region</p>

<p class="">Martin Hesp puts the 100th Exmoor Lockdown Diary on his website by presenting a video of an interview he did 30 years ago with an old cider-maker from Glastonbury</p>

Move over, Champagne. There is a quiet, sophisticated revolution happening in the orchards of the West Country and beyond. Discover the world of premium, bottle-fermented fine ciders—crafted using traditional methods to create a complex, sparkling drink worthy of any dining table.