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When Sharon Gowan suggested combining apple cider with Pinot Noir, her family thought she was nuts.

It was after a Sunday dinner in the Anderson Valley household, and the group had settled into the living room for some cozy conversation.

Local tip: if you are driving to the coast on winding Highway 128 on a warm autumn day, make a stop for a special treat‑— the Frosé Margarita in the shady tasting grove at Gowan’s apple orchard.

Welcome to a world of rich heritage and unique flavors at Gowan’s Cider, where tradition meets innovation in every sip. Located in , a hidden gem in the heart of California’s wine country, Gowan’s apple orchards date back to 1876. It has made cider for personal use for over a hundred years and commercially for over ten years. Gowan’s Cider has perfected the art of blending tradition with modern techniques to create a range of ciders as diverse as the cidery’s landscape.

MENDOCINO Co., 2/15/23 – The San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition, the largest wine competition in the country, wrapped up last month, and Mendocino County wine producers, and those of us who love to drink local wine, have a reason to be proud. In fact, 20 Mendocino County wineries and one cidery took home over 100 medals this year,

Gowan’s Cidery is a six-generation establishment located right off Highway 128, a road that most take to get to Mendocino County, California.

For us, one of these simple things that we are choosing to take delight in is the tasting we did the other week at Gowan’s Heirloom Cider. The second part of our much-anticipated day trip through the Anderson Valley…our stop at Gowan’s was the perfect little holiday-time experience

The results are in! We asked attendees from our recent Future of Food 2.0 event to tell us their favorite plant-based food and drink sampled throughout the evening.
This summer sf.citi teamed up with Facebook and WeWork to host The Future of Food 2.0: Plant-Based Investing. Along with hearing from leaders in the plant-based food tech space, guests tasted plant-based products from more than 20 food and drink vendors. In a post-event survey, attendees shared their top picks. The food favorite of the night was…drumroll…Eclipse Foods’ incredibly creamy, dairy-free soft serve. As for plant-based drinks, guests loved Gowan’s Heirloom Cider.

International trendsetting author and food critic Anita Lau, of Mad Hungry Woman.

"This sustainable family farm has been around for six generations and possesses 83 kinds of heirloom apples. We tasted several of the ciders including…

"It wouldn't be The San Francisco Fall Cider Fest without the legendary @gowanscider 🍎⁠ .The Gowan family has been growing apples in Anderson Valley for six generations - almost 150 years! We're so excited for you to try these estate-grown, farm-to-table gems."

GOWAN'S HEIRLOOM CELLARS Amazing, prize-winning ciders from heirloom varieties grown at the Gowan orchard in Anderson Valley. From the 2016 and 2017 vintages. Thanks to Sharon Gowan for a bountiful lunch under the blossoming apple trees located across the river from their stand of old redwood trees.

Awarded Best in Class/Gold in the prestigious San Francisco Chronicle International Wine Competition 2019


Gowan's Gravenstein Heirloom Cider: By its freshness, spiciness and balance of sweet and tart, Gowan's Gravenstein Cider provides a persuasive argument for growers to maybe pull out some vineyards and replace them with orchards. —Head Judge Mike Dunne

Gowan's Heirloom Ciders is among a handful of California's all-estate growers, meaning all fruit is grown, produced and bottled on-site. The beverage "literally goes from our trees to a bottle to you."

California Cider Competition on Tuesday named this year's winners, and Gowan's Heirloom Cider won the top spot for the second straight time.

Gowan's, a 141-year-old apple grower based in Philo in Mendocino County's

This year marks the 140th anniversary of the Gowan family business: an apple orchard featuring rare California native apples in the tiny town of Philo, California …

Sierra Beauty apple seemed both gone and forgotten until a renaissance in amateur fruit interest began to unfold circa 1970. Larry McGraw of Portland Oregon, amateur pomologist and historian, became intensely interested in
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6/5/2016 descriptions of old heirloom fruit varieties
the fate of ORENCO' "lost varieties; he was especially curious about Sierra Beauty. Mr. McGraw went on to found the Home Orchard Society and inspired several protegés to help him in this quest. Fruit exploring expeditions were undertaken to the area around Chico, but no one seemed to find any traces of this virtually extinct variety.