westons-cider [dot] co [dot] uk Westons cider has been lovingly produced in the Herefordshire village of Much Marcle for over 125 years. Since Henry Weston founded the business in 1880, five generations of Westons have continued to run the business. Helen Thomas, Henry's great-grandaughter, is the current Managing Director.
It was in 1878 that Mr Henry Weston came to farm at 'The Bounds' in Much Marcle. With his own fruit from the farm orchards, he crafted cider and perry for the family, as was the pattern of life in the country at the time. There was always a barrel of cider in the cellar for the family to use - and a hogshead in the cider house for the men on the farm, who, at the start of each day the year round, brought their wooden ‘costrels' to the cider house to be filled with the days allowance.
In 1880 Henry began to produce his first commercial batches of cider. For the first few years the only means of manufacture was the old stone mill - which had been used to make the farm cider for generations - and an equally well used screw press; but it was not long before a roller mill, mechanical chain presses and a steam engine to drive them made an appearance.
Now there are more and bigger vats, state of the art presses and filters, more fruit is handled, and bottles are cleaned and filled at speeds undreamed of in the early days. However, some things have not changed.
H. Weston & Sons Limited is still an independent family business that makes cider from local Herefordshire apples. All Westons ciders are still crafted in oak barrels, some of which are over 200 years old. Most importantly, they take pride in continuing to make cider the traditional way; from apples, without artificial flavors or additives.
We're pleased to be able to bring an assortment of some of the best known ciders in the world to the US, and introduce Americans to one of the oldest English cider producers still crafting ciders in the traditional way.
