CASTLE HILL CIDER IN THE MEDIA

Castle Hill Cider Hosts Croquet for a Cure in Benefit of Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

17 teams competed in this event to bring awareness and raise funds for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation - Virginia Chapter.

Three Castle Hill Ciders Earn Finalist Status in 2023 Good Food Awards

Castle Hill Cider is proud to announce finalist status for three of their ciders in the 2023 Good Food Awards. Dry Hopped, Silver Bough, and Sunday Muse are three of a total of 38 ciders earning finalist status from entrants across the country.

In a competitive field of more than 1,750 entries, 513 products created by 359 finalists were identified by category experts and consumer tasters alike as exceptionally delicious, while also meeting the rigorous sustainability criteria necessary to be considered a Finalist. Hailing from 42 states, these companies are leading their industries and communities towards a tastier and more responsible future.

Castle Hill Cider Helps Blue Ridge Area
Food Bank Reach Giving Tuesday Goals

Gifts Combine to Provide 120,000 Meals to Our Neighbors in Need. The Blue Ridge Food Bank received a contribution of $30,000 on Giving Tuesday in which Castle Hill Cider and Kroger played leading roles. A gift of $15,000 was given anonymously in the name of Castle Hill Cider, which Kroger matched dollar-for-dollar as part of their “Zero Hunger | Zero Waste” initiative.

Virginia Living / Made in Virginia Awards 2020
Castle Hill Cider’s Terrestrial

The editors of Virginia Living magazine received more than 200 entries from makers across the state for this year’s Made in Virginia contest, the most in the program’s nine-year history. After researching, reviewing, tasting, and testing all of them, the staff selected a record 38 winners to feature in the magazine’s November/December issue.

Atlas Obscura

“The Cider Makers Who Bury Their Booze”

A Virginia cidery has adapted an 8,000-year-old winemaking method.

October 2020

Buried Qvevri at Castle Hill Cider, Keswick, VA


National Geographic

“How to see the Virginia Piedmont? Just follow Thomas Jefferson.”

November 2019

Rob Campbell + Don Whitaker on The Check Podcast

Restauranteurs Brady Viccellio and Alvin Williams interview Rob and Don about heritage cider as part of their Barboursville Roadtrip series.

October 2020

PRESS CLIPPINGS

November 2020 / Cideries to Visit in Central VA - Ivy Life & Style Media

July 2020 / Castle Hill Cider to Donate Proceeds to Blue Ridge Area Food Bank - NBC29

November 2018 / Made in the South Awards / Runner Up for Levity 2017 - Garden & Gun

September 2018 / Five Wine Regions Producing America’s Finest Ciders - Wine Enthusiast

2015 Wedding of the Year - Ivy Life & Style Media