Close up of early Kingston Black apples.

The small Kingston Black apples are growing nicely at Beau Vista orchard now the blossom season is over. Even some early colour. We are having great weather for growth with warmth and enough rain. #apples #KingstonBlack #ciderNZ #cider

A few more ‘Drops” of TeePee cider on the way to a happy customer. This is a recently disgorged 2020 sv Kingston Black and it’s one of our best ever. It will definitely be entered into the Cider Festival competition. #cider #SingleVintage #KingstonBlack #Aotearoa #Wairarapa #NZ www.teepeecider.co.nz

Real cider hits harder. Welcome Kingston Black. Hard cider for hard cider folks. #realcider #hardcider #kingstonblack

Another special barrel of 2020 - Kingston black SV cider about to be riddled in the Rotojolly. Then onto disgorging and recapping. It tasted superb before the secondary fermentation, so impatient to retry it. But good cider takes time. Only 155 bottles. #cider #KingstonBlack

Some apples are rather high when you grow standard trees rather than bush plantings. However the orchard looks majestic. And you can graze sheep underneath. Less need for herbicides and pesticides give the airflow. At Teepee Cider we are organic. #apples #kingstonblack #cider #applepickingladder

After hard day a the orchard cider apple picking we enjoyed a lively sunset. The evenings are getting cooler now with autumn here. Time for jumpers! And the chiminea ( well after the total fire ban is lifted) #apples #kingstonblack #cider

Week 13. #apples #KingstonBlack #orchard #wairarapa #taratahi #aotearoa #BeauVistaOrchard #TeePeeCider