THATCHERS ADDS TWO CIDERS TO ITS CIDER BARN COLLECTION
We have introduced two West Country style ciders to our Cider Barn collection. Thatchers 458 has been blended from the 458 varieties of apple grown in our Exhibition Orchard at Myrtle Farm. Thatchers Vilberie, in contrast, has been created from one single apple variety, the bittersweet Vilberie, harvested from just one single orchard in the […]
NEW MINIATURE RAILWAY CARRIAGE OPENS UP FOR WHEELCHAIR USERS
NEW MINIATURE RAILWAY CARRIAGE OPENS UP FOR WHEELCHAIR USERS A wheelchair accessible carriage for the Bath and West Miniature Steam Railway was officially launched at this year’s Royal Bath and West Show, by Countess Bathurst, President of the Royal Bath and West Society. Made possible by a donation from The Thatchers Foundation, the new […]
Minister for skills meets new apprentices at Thatchers Cider
The Rt Hon Anne Milton MP, Apprenticeships and Skills Minister, paid a visit to us here at Myrtle Farm this week (22 November 2018) to find out about our award-winning apprenticeship programme and learn how it has been developed to meet the skills needs of the Somerset cidermaker. We welcomed the first group of apprentices […]
Thatchers continues to make its mark with its all-new Rosé Cider
Thatchers Cider is continuing to make its mark on the apple cider category with the introduction of an all new Thatchers Rosé Cider. Using a blend of naturally sweet, rosy-red dessert apples, including Pink Lady, Fuji and Gala, Thatchers Rosé is a deliciously sparkling Somerset Cider bursting with fruity apple flavour. At 4.0%, Thatchers Rosé […]
There’s a welcome in the orchards for local school pupils
It may have been a wet and drizzly day, but that didn’t deter a group of Early Years pupils from Wells Cathedral School coming along to the apple orchards at Thatchers’ Myrtle Farm in Sandford to learn about harvest. Thatchers orchard manager Chris Muntz-Torres showed the group of 4 and 5 year olds apples growing […]
Supporting Weston College’s “200 in 100” event
We’ve been pleased to support Weston College’s 200 in 100 apprenticeship campaign through our own, now award winning, Young Talent Programme. The college’s campaign set out to create 200 apprenticeship vacancies in 100 days, and actually exceeded its targets. So huge congratulations to them all, introducing a diverse range of apprenticeship opportunities, in areas including […]