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Sat, 11/23/2024 - 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Join us for a night of tasting, snacks, and a chance to chat with cider enthusiasts across Virginia.

Virginia cideries go head-to-head in this annual competition to showcase the state's best dry ciders. This year’s theme will compare each cidery’s flagship dry ciders.

Your experience will include:

- A mini-workshop on how to taste cider

- The blind tasting competition

- To vote on your favorite

- enjoy some snacks from our grazing table

- To meet & greet with your local cider professionals & cider makers.

We’re keeping things casual with a tasting session beginning at 7 pm which will include a mini-workshop on how to taste cider. Visit our grazing table throughout the evening, submit your vote and stick around for the winner's announcement at the evening's end! The winners announcement will be at 8:45pm.

Tickets include:
Unlimited blind tastings of all ciders & light bites.

Participating Cideries:

Sage Bird Ciderworks
Albemarle CiderWorks
Blue Bee Cider
Potter’s Craft Cider
Big Fish Cider
Buskey Cider
Ciders From Mars
Daring Wine Co

Doors open at 6.30pm on Friday, November 23rd Click here to purchase tickets

Not close to Charlottesville? Check out the sister-event at Sage Bird Cider in Harrisonburg, Virginia.
Location:
Sage Bird Ciderworks
325 North Liberty Street

Support cider across Virginia by visiting the VA Cider Website.