Press Review • Lux selected as host nation for Cider World fair

During the event, over 90 exhibitors from around 20 countries will be at the Palmengarten expo site presenting ciders, stone fruit brandies, and similar products.

According to Michael Stöckl, in charge of the Cider World fair, Luxembourg will have a main central stand at the fair. Mullerthal region products and tourism will be the main focus.

“There is an old tradition of cider Viez around the Moselle and Saar rivers, and you have to rescue these old orchards since some of the fruit you cannot consume, but you can make products from them,” Stöckl says.

As he explains, many of the old apple varieties are very small in size and “you can’t find these old varieties in the supermarkets, you can only go directly to sellers to buy these varieties.”

This was part of the discussion when Stöckl met representatives from Ramborn, Luxembourg’s award-winning cider maker, during the fair’s 2018 edition. Ramborn has built its business on [...] Read the full article here on Delano.