2020 Apple & Pear Season Underway This year’s apple and pear harvest is now in full swing, with plentiful supply of new season South Australian grown apples and pears available in store. The relatively mild end to summer, with sunny days and cool nights has seen the development of beautiful colours and flavours in the …
The cider makers with an eye for quality Michael and Warwick are not your average Cider Makers! Michael is the apple grower (a fifth-generational grower, at that!) of his business LOBO Cider, which he co-founded with cider maker Warwick Billings 10 years ago. They create a range of apple and pear ciders, a quince gin …
The Juicers with a goal for good Joyce and Joseph are not your average Juicers! The brother and sister run the juicing business together. The majority of their juice goes towards cider – their main partner being the Hills Cider Company – and the retailer juices are a fun side-project. The juicing business was developed once their Dad, Tony recognised a …
The Jammer with a taste for fresh Amanda is not your average Jammer! Pronounced “fee-ar-sh’ (standing for Fruit In A Jar Experience), Amanda is one half of the local artisan jamming business beside her husband Brett. She makes all her products herself – a range of small batch jams, chutneys, jellies, relishes and preserves that …
The brewers with a fierce vision. Steve and Toby are not your average Brewers! The pair started the Hills Cider Company in 2010, a vision driven by the desire to source and drink local cider! At the time there was no commercially available ciders made purely from Australian apples and pears. After discovering a love …
Who grows your apples and pears? People like Noel do! Get Munching South Australia! Noel has always had a passion for farm and fruit production – particularly apples. He was born into the industry on his family’s farm in Forest Range – a property they have lived on for just over 100 years. Now married …
Who grows your apples and pears? People like Craig do! Get Munching South Australia! Craig is a fourth-generational grower from Lenswood, proud owner of Harrisville Orchards, and a multiple apple champion of the Royal Adelaide Show! His great grandfather started the orchard in 1900. Craig left school at 15 to work on the orchard and …
Who grows your apples and pears? People like Joyce and Joseph do! Get Munching South Australia! Joyce and her brother Joseph are fourth-generation growers on their family farm, Ceravolo Orchards! Their grandfather immigrated to Australia in the 1950s and bought a block of land in Ashton, which is still used today for their packing shed …
Who grows your apples and pears? People like Tim do! Get Munching South Australia! Tim has worked at his family farm Aberdeen Orchards in Lenswood for 20 years! The land was originally purchased by the Vickers family in 1889, and Tim – a fifth-generation grower – now manages it with his father John and younger …
Who grows your apples and pears? People like Michael do! Get Munching South Australia! Michael grows apples and pears alongside his father on their Lenswood family farm, which has been in the family since the turn of the 20th century. After school Michael went straight into growing apples! He thoroughly enjoys the diversity, the change …
