When the adventurers aboard the Susan Constant, Discovery and Godspeed stepped foot onto Virginian soil, they brought with them the traditional English love of cider. They were required by statute to plant orchards, and the apple played a central part in the development of the colony as its juice became the favored libation of every class of society. From the modest laborer to the table of Thomas Jefferson, cider was Virginia’s tipple of choice, and more than four hundred years later, the libation is enjoying a renaissance.

Author Alistair Reece tells the story of cider in the Old Dominion in his new book Virginia Cider: A Scrumptious History. Join us for a discussion of cider, a book signing and some tasty (non-alcoholic) samples.