Taste Vermont cider at Wine Stop in June with Shacksbury — a producer known for orchard-driven, food-friendly ciders made from heritage apples. Discover why serious cider is becoming one of the most exciting craft beverage categories today. Samples poured at all 3 locations starting at 10 AM until they run out.

Cider Tasting at Wine Stop
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Discover Vermont’s Shacksbury Cider

All three Wine Stop locations will host tastings featuring ciders from Shacksbury — a producer from Vermont’s Champlain Valley known for helping redefine American cider.

Rather than making soda-like cider, Shacksbury focuses on ciders made with a wine mindset: freshness, balance, texture, acidity, and real apple character.

Their ciders have earned a strong reputation among wine drinkers and sommeliers for being:

• USDA organic and food-friendly
• Clean and precise
• Made from heirloom and heritage apples
• More about orchard character than sweetness

This is cider for people who care about what’s in the glass.

Tasting Schedule

Echo Park (Wine Stop Xpress @ Neibr)

Friday 6/5
10:00 AM until samples run out

Silver Lake

Saturday 6/6
10:00 AM until samples run out

DTLA / Arts District

Sunday 6/7
10:00 AM until samples run out

What Exactly Is Cider?

Cider is fermented apple juice.

Just as wine begins with grapes, cider begins with apples — but the choice of apples matters enormously. Serious cider producers often work with apples selected not for sweetness alone, but for:

• acidity
• tannin
• aromatics
• texture
• structure

The apples are pressed into juice, then fermented using yeast, much like wine. Depending on the producer and style, cider can be:

• still or sparkling
• dry or sweet
• crisp and mineral
• rustic and tannic
• fresh and fruit-driven
• layered and complex

In recent years, a new generation of American cider makers — including Shacksbury — has moved cider away from industrial sweetness and back toward orchard expression and craftsmanship. Shakebury's cider collection includes unique, complex ciders that are always pushing forward, while never straying far from that natural beauty our home state of Vermont is known for. They are made with USDA and Vermont Certified Organic apples and are always naturally low-sugar and gluten-free.

The result is a beverage that often feels closer to wine than beer.

Why We’re Excited About Shacksbury

At Wine Stop, we’re always interested in producers that prioritize:

• place
• farming
• authenticity
• transparency
• drinkability

Shacksbury’s focus on heritage apples, Vermont orchard culture, and clean, balanced cider aligns naturally with our own philosophy:

Drink Better.

Stop by, taste Shackbury's Rose and Yuzu Ginger ciders, and discover why serious cider has become one of the most exciting categories in craft beverages today.