OLDFIELDS CIDER CO

• 11030 - Manufacture of cider and other fruit wines

The Oldfields' approach to farming, cider making and life, in general, can be boiled down into a simple maxim. Whatever you're doing, put in the graft and do it right. For nearly 40 years we grew hops, a fickle crop that requires an inordinate degree of attention to detail. They're prone to disease and pests, incredibly vulnerable to drought and in the space of a week can go from perfectly ripe to commercially unviable. You need to be amongst your hops continuously through the summertime assessing their needs and reacting accordingly. It's a huge burden that leaves little time for anything else but the skills we developed during our tenure as hop farmers put us in good stead for the rest of our farming life. That instinctual recognition of the first signs of hop wilt is the same instinct that alerts you to the first signs of sickness in a ewe or the first notes of an off flavour in a batch of cider. You don't learn these skills overnight, they come from years of dedication.....

Also known as: OLDFIELDS CIDER CO LTD, oldfieldscider

Previous names: THE LAMBSWICK DRINKS CO LIMITED

Registration numbers: 08437307 (CH)

Primary location: Tenbury Wells United Kingdom