Westons History - Back In Time

Westons Cider and Perry has been made at 'The Bounds" in the Herefordshire village of Much Marcle for well over a hundred years, on a site where Herefordshire men have produced these sturdy beverages for their own use for centuries.

It was in 1878 that Mr Henry Weston came to farm at 'The Bounds' and as a matter of course he continued the tradition, making his own fruit from the farm orchards into Cider and Perry, for the making and drinking formed part of the annual pattern of life in the country. There was always a barrel of cider in the cellar for the family to use - and a hogshead in the cider house for the men, who, at the start of each day the year round, brought their wooden ‘costrels' to the cider house to be filled with the days allowance..

Production Method

We only use top quality cider apples and the traditional cider apples are small, hard and inedible, being very fibrous and bitter. There are two main types of apples used in the production of our ciders, bitter sweet & bitter sharp. It is only by blending the fermented juices from these two types of apples that the characteristic strength of flavour and aroma associated with Westons Cider is produced.

In other areas of the country dessert fruit and cooking apples are used to give sweet and sharp characteristics. The ciders produced from this fruit differ in character from ciders produced using cider apple fruit.

If you are interested in Westons Cider feel free to send us email at, westons.cider@mayamaya.com.

Strongbow Provincial
(Bato Products & Services)
Maya-Maya Drive
Bo. Natipuan, Nasugbu
4231 Batangas
Phone: +63-918-9293972
E-mail: westons.cider@mayamaya.com