French Cider: Connecting to the Earth and the Orchard

In the French language, the word is cidre, and it's a tradition in Normandy and Brittany going back thousands of years. Those areas in northwest France, by the Atlantic Ocean and English Channel, are inhospitable to wine grapes but perfect for apples. Cider-

making began with the Celts and continued with the Romans in a heritage that passes through Charl…