Scenic road cider co.
IT ALL BEGAN 80 YEARS AGO.
The Okanagan is well known for its climate - it's perfect for fruit production. So perfect, our packing house has been in use for almost a century.
In 2016, we realized our apples had a lot more potential and re-purposed the original 8 decade old packinghouse to produce the most delicious cider you've ever tasted.
Scenic Road Cider Co. first opened our tasting room doors on June 4, 2016. However, our story starts long before that.
The first apple orchards popped up in the Okanagan around 1860. These were mostly for personal use, while the commercial orchards we've come to know didn't really arrive until around 1890. That's when the industry really took off. The Okanagan is great for fruit production for the same reason you love it: the weather. The climate is perfect for many types of fruit, and orchards were the first to flourish.
Our first orchard was planted during this boom in early in the 1900's, and the packinghouse that still stands today as our tasting room, was built in the 1930's to accommodate moving apples across the province.
Although there are still many orchards around, some have shifted what they do with the fruit. We found our apples were excellent for making the perfect the cider, and in the spring of 2016, we poured the first of many cider batches to come!