PHILO, Calif.—Along a highway cradled between fruit orchards and vineyards stands a cider tasting bar. Visitors smell fresh apples and hear joyful chattering under the tents.
Gowan’s Heirloom Cider, a family-run business about an hour south of Fort Bragg, has been flourishing since 1876.
Fifth-generation farmer and cider maker Sharon Gowan told NTD, a sister media of The Epoch Times, that they opened the outdoor cider bar during the pandemic.
“We started making hard cider about 10 years ago, and some of our hard ciders won best in the world’s largest cider competitions. And we’re super excited,” Gowan said. “We got to open up an outdoor tasting room two years ago during the pandemic so people can come and try our cider from our taps and our bar and sit amidst these historic trees, and it’s lots of fun.”…