We took an overnight up the Quimper penninsula to Chimacum and Port Townsend to get away and visit cideries, starting with
Finnriver in Chimacum. Chrystie was incredibly nice to us, the tasting room is beautiful, and the cider is AWESOME. We'd tasted the black currant cider in Seattle and were excited to get some to bring home.
Christie offered the dry and delicious pear sparkling cider -- it's would be great with dinner. For an apertif, or a sweet fiend like me, add a drop of pear wine with apple brandy. Wonderful. My favorite is currently sold as "spirited apple wine." It tastes like an excellent, applish port, but apparently it can't be called port for abstruse liquor-law reasons. We bought a bottle and I had a drop before my evening bath. We call it Not-Port.
Chimacum is beautiful and the food/cider/farm scene around there flourishing. We talked to many enthusiastic participants, and enjoyed abundant locally-grown food and drink.
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