In late 2005, after reading one of Rose’s inspirational emails I wrote to her suggesting that they really deserve to be featured on a weblog of her own, like a ‘Diary of a Dorset Cidermaker’. Not feeling inclined to undertake such a commitment, instead she agreed to allow me to edit and publish selected writings here, on the grounds that “the page could be of value to aspiring cider producers, especially if like me, they are gearing up from cider as a hobby to small scale real commercial production. I am happy to share my woes and joys along the way if it would help other people to get into the production of real cider. ”
From 2006 to 2009 Rose’s writings have been published on the ukcider wiki at http://ukcider.co.uk/wiki/index.php/The_Cidermaking_Year_by_Rose_Grant. Archives remain here going back also to 2003.
The remarkable blog continues here…
Andy Roberts 2009