21710 Sat Oct 19 12:20:15 -0700 2002 5 1 San Francisco Bay Area 0 79078 Anyone have ideas on where I can buy some nice dry French hard cider in SF or the East Bay? American would be ok too if it's not too sweet (ie no ACE). Just wish I had time to drive up to the Apple Farm and get a bottle or two of theirs! Sat Oct 19 12:20:15 -0700 2002 0 Celery 1 79080 The Chronicle had an article in its Sunday magazine about Murdo Laird's cider. Murdo Laird is Cindy Pawlcyn's husband and this cider is available at Mustard's in the Napa Valley as well as some stores up there as well as by e-mail. Here's a link to the article. Link: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2002/10/13/CM123751.DTL Sat Oct 19 13:38:02 -0700 2002 79078 0 Nancy Berry 2 79116 Interesting article. I just wonder how he achieves 9% alcohol w/o chaptilization (which hopefully I spelled correctly). A lovely French cider is E Dupont Cidre Bouche, described at link below. You can contact the importer through the web site to see if it's sold in your area. Link: http://www.bunitedint.com/Products/cidre-dupont.html Sun Oct 20 06:44:33 -0700 2002 79080 0 Jim Dorsch 1 79087 K&L Wine Merchants in Redwood City usually has four or more brands on hand. I assume that their SF store carries a selection also. Sat Oct 19 15:28:20 -0700 2002 79078 0 Peter Hertzmann 1 79124 If you can't find French cider, call The Spanish Table in Berkeley and see if they've got any Sidra. It's the Spanish version of hard cider from Austurias in Northern Spain. Sun Oct 20 12:46:08 -0700 2002 79078 0 Gayla 1 79127 Give Paul Marcus Wines a call - sometimes they have Eric Bordelet's. Link: http://www.chowhound.com/topics/show/287456#1546352 Sun Oct 20 13:13:10 -0700 2002 79078 0 Melanie Wong