Apple Cider Culture to Flourish in Eastern Poland
The Lublin Association of Cider Lovers have announced that the region will soon become famous for its cider, just like the Tuscany area is known for its wines.
"We are referring to the tradition of winemaking. We want to develop the cider culture in the Lubelskie Region, just like Tuscany did with wine, by keeping the highest quality and proper balance between local production and crops. If we dream of becoming the Tuscany of cider, we must have as many cider producers as there are winemakers in Tuscany".
– says Tomasz Solis, the vice-director of the Association.
The Lubelskie region, located in the eastern part of Poland, has a centuries-old fruit-growing tradition and currently produces the second most apples in the country, with 22 thousand hectares of apple orchards and 500 thousand tons of fruit produced every year. To make the region famous for its alcoholic beverage, the Lublin Association of Cider Lovers is launching a cider brewery open to the public this year. They also plan to establish scenic cycle routes that would encompass the cider breweries of the Lubelskie region. However, the association also points out the importance of proper legal regulations.
"Polish cider needs legal protection and a new statutory definition that will forbid producing cider from concentrate, adding artificial flavourings and watering the beverage down. The features of Polish apples make our cider unique, provided that we keep the production process and apple plantations together".
– reads the Cider Lovers' charter.
The expansion of the apple drink was made possible after the 2014 Russian embargo on Polish apples that was a backlash against the EU sanctions against Russia. Marginal before that time, cider has become popular countrywide, mostly due to new, less strict legal regulations that allowed for easier and cheaper production of apple cider. Consumption of cider in 2014 soared as it hit 10 million litres, compared to a mere 2 million in 2013. The Ambra group, one of the major cider makers in Poland, speculates that the market for this apple drink will be worth an estimated 250 million euro within the next decade.
Sources: Newsweek Europe, PAP, Newseria, edit. by Paweł Trzaskowski, 10 July 2015.
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