The Food Programme has been exploring the world of cider - they found that there are over 200 varieties of cider apple. With cider production in full autumnal flow, here are some other cider facts.

Hard apple cider doesn't enjoy quite the same market share as, say, beer or wine, which means most of us aren't as familiar ...

Origin: While apple cider vinegar can be produced in various regions using different apple varieties, sherry vinegar is ...

but we didn't envisage that there would be so many varieties of cider apple and perry pear that have only been found in Wales." Their project was set up in 2016 to look at the heritage of orchards ...

A 750 ml bottle costs 2200 yen or $13.67. A-Factory also presses but doesn’t ferment apple juice and non-alcoholic sparkling cider. All three varieties of the cider pair well with fish and meat ...

Oldfields Cider, based near Tenbury Wells, has added an eight-acre cider apple orchard to its existing 22 acres. The new orchard, planted in January, will feature traditional bittersweet cider apples ...

Records show that monks were drinking cider or 'cisera' at Shaftesbury Abbey in 1291. In recent years there has been a decline in cider production and sadly many Dorset apple varieties risk being lost ...