We make gluten-free, still and sparkling apple wines and cysers,* which are crafted in artisanally blended small batches.  They are fermented through maturation in the crux of the rapidly evolving reproduction of dozens of wild yeasts specific to our apple trees, to our orchards, and throughout our biome at 2500 feet in the Appalachian mountains.  The plethora of wild yeasts that populate our organically tended habitat, in addition to the fecund font of new ones created during fermentation and maturation, yield unique, full and complex flavors in our wines and cysers.  Apples evolved in a montane climate in present day Kazakhstan and the Tien Mountains of northwestern China;  our Appalachian location is ideal for growing them.  We do not add sulfites, with few and small exceptions, or any preservatives to our products.  Our estate grown apples are organically raised, as are our honey bees.**  

          Most apple varieties we use can’t be found in grocery stores or at farm stands because most varieties there, especially modern ones, were developed for different qualities and purposes than those we want and need.  As with table and wine grapes, many cider apples advisedly are not interchangeable with non-cider varieties, with some exceptions.  Appearance and industrial cold storage ability often are more important in commercial varieties than the distinct flavor profiles and complexities we need and require, especially the proportions of acids (tartness), tannins, and sugars that need to be carefully balanced in producing our wines, ciders and cysers.  

           Please don’t hesitate to contact us (through our website or email address, harrison@weberscrossing.com), should you have any questions about our work within the wild yeast terroirs of montane Maryland.

* Cyser is a type of mead made with apple juice.

**Organic honey is a problematic term since it depends on knowing where a honey bee forages for nectar and food and she may forage several miles from her home.  But it is true that honey bees are very efficient feeders and will always gather food closer to their colonies than further away, as long as there is good food near their homes.  We do our best to make sure, throughout our woodlands, orchards and elsewhere, that there is.