Cider's increasing popularity is well documented these days, but it is also a resurgence, a return to its previous status as one of the primary alcoholic beverages of our nation. Many regions here in California once contained many acres of sprawling apple orchards. For the most part, many of these orchards were either transferred over to more lucrative vineyards or developed. There were the fabled Gravenstein orchards of Sonoma and the Newtown Pippin orchards of the Pajaro Valley, remnants of which still exist. Paradise, just up the hill from Chico, once had dozens of orchards, but now only one remains. Manton was also once an apple producing region, but now burgeoning vineyards have taken their place. We hope to be a part of an apple renaissance in California and put cider on a track to where the wine industry is today.