Pour Quest: The Cider Trail

A late-summer road trip through the Pacific Northwest, one award-winning pour at a time There are few better reasons to get lost for a weekend than something good waiting at the end of the road. This time, we're following cider. Not the anonymous, overly sweet pour that can sometimes define the category, but the cider … Continue reading Pour Quest: The Cider Trail

First step towards making the hard cider industry more competitive taken by Rep. Blumenauer and Rep. Collins as they reintroduce CIDER Act

Today, Congressmen Earl Blumenauer (OR-03) and Chris Collins (NY-27) introduced the bipartisan Cider Industry Deserves Equal Regulation (CIDER) Act.  The Act, HR 600, would amend the section of the tax code that deals with wine and related beverages, 26 USC § 5041, to support the growing number of craft and entrepreneurial cider makers, and tailor … Continue reading First step towards making the hard cider industry more competitive taken by Rep. Blumenauer and Rep. Collins as they reintroduce CIDER Act