NC Cider Association

03/16/2026

Wonderful to have Sandhills favorite Whiskey Pines out for the Bloomtime Ciderfest. 🥂

03/14/2026

TICKETS WILL BE FOR SALE AT THE GATE!
Join us on this beautiful Saturday with the orchard in bloom for Bloomtime Ciderfest, a celebration of NC cider, orchards and springtime at James Creek Ciderhouse & Orchards, a fundraiser for the nonprofit NC Cider Association.

Entry for VIP ticket holders starts at noon. GA entry is 1-4 pm. Afterparty (no ticket needed is 4-9 pm.
James Creek Cider House

03/13/2026

🍎⏳ FINAL COUNTDOWN — Bloomtime Ciderfest is Almost Here! ⏳🍎

TOMORROW, the orchard will be buzzing with cider, music, food, and the beauty of bloom season.

🌸 Peach trees in full bloom
🍎 Samples from top NC cideries & meaderies
🎶 Live music by Whiskey Pines & Chip Perry
🔥 Blue Suede BBQ
🦪 HalfShells NC oysters
🌳 Orchard views you can't get anywhere else

Participating producers include:

Barn Door Ciderworks
Botanist & Barrel
Bull City Ciderworks
Flat Rock Cider Co
Honeygirl Meadery
James Creek Cider House
Little Switzerland
Molley Chomper
Noble Cider Co
Red Clay
Starrlight Meadery
Urban Orchard
Railhouse Brewery

This event only happens once a year and online ticket sales stop at 1 pm today at
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bloomtime-ciderfest-tickets-1980738382823

If you love cider, great food, and incredible spring views — this is your moment.

🎟 Grab tickets before they’re gone. Limited tickets available at the gate tomorrow.

We'll see you in the orchard. 🌸🍎

Sip into spring! BloomTime Ciderfest features over 15 NC cideries, live music, tours, & food trucks. March 14, 2026. GA 1–4pm, VIP at 12pm

03/12/2026

Come meet Josie, founder and cidermaker of Asheville’s Urban Orchard Cider Company, at the Bloomtime Ciderfest at James Creek Cider House in Cameron, NC this Saturday, March 14, 1-4 pm.

Try Josie’s Urban Orchard Ciders and about a dozen other NC ciders at the ciderfest. See the peaches in bloom and the apple buds ready to emerge. GA tickets are still available. Get them online now. See link in bio. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bloomtime-ciderfest-tickets-1980738382823
Urban Orchard Cider Company

03/11/2026

Cider AND MEAD! Yes, that’s right: Starrlight Mead and Cider is the oldest meadery in North Carolina, established in 2010. Three years ago, they purchased the cider company next door to them in Pittsboro at The Plant and started making cider alongside their extensive mead collection. They are happy to help you find your new beverage and have introduced so many folks to the creative possibilities of mead.

Come see them at the Bloomtime Ciderfest this Saturday, March 14. Tickets are going fast. See link in bio.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bloomtime-ciderfest-tickets-1980738382823

03/11/2026

We at James Creek Cider House are sooo looking forward to the Bloomtime Ciderfest this Saturday….and to the Afterparty. When the cideries start closing up their booths, we’ll be turning on the taps and opening up the tasting room. is here until 8 pm. We’re here until 9 pm. And we’ll be ready to kick back. Will be a beautiful evening in the cider garden. Won’t you stay just a little bit longer?!



GA tickets are still available. See link in bio.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bloomtime-ciderfest-tickets-1980738382823

03/07/2026

COUNTDOWN: ONE WEEK -
BLOOMTIME CIDERFEST!

A celebration of springtime, apples, & cider with 15 NC cidermakers pouring samples in the James Creek Orchards in Cameron.

Amazing food vendors with cider-friendly and gluten-free menus:





Get your tickets now! VIP is nearly sold out.
See link in bio.
https://jamescreekciderhouse.com/bloomtime-ciderfest/

03/07/2026

Hello Charlotte!! If you’ve missed Jay since the Red Clay tasting room on Clanton Road closed last summer, come on over to Moore County next Saturday for the Bloomtime Ciderfest at James Creek Cider House and Orchards.

Jay will be here pouring samples and selling cans of Red Clay cider. I don’t know whether he’ll have any of those crazy-popular fruit crumble ciders, but I’d bet he’ll have semi-dry Queen City Common and semi-sweet The South End and maybe even some Cherry Bobbin’ Trolls or other specialty fruit ciders. So come say, “hello” to Red Clay Ciderworks and raise a glass to the new season.

The peach trees are starting to bloom and Saturday looks to be a beautiful day with abundant sunshine. See link in bio to get tickets from the James Creek Cider House
website or Eventbrite. Cheers!

03/06/2026

Flat Rock Cider Company crafts homegrown hard cider from 100% Henderson County apples sourced directly from local farmers and is Certified Local by the Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project. Flat Rock is known for their pineapple and blackberry fruit ciders. Come see what they have to offer at the Bloomtime Ciderfest on Saturday, March 14, at James Creek Cider House & Orchards in Cameron, NC.

03/05/2026

Celebrate springtime and the promise of another season with these NC cidermakers!!

Join us at James Creek Cider House and walk through the orchards of blooming peach, pear, and apple trees.

This unprecedented opportunity has 15 cideries, wineries and meaderies, all members of the non-profit NC Cider Association, joining together and pouring samples at the BLOOMTIME CIDERFEST on Saturday, March 14, at James Creek Cider House & Orchards in Cameron, NC.

A limited number of VIP tickets are still available and provide early entry to the festival at noon with a branded taster glass and access to the VIP lounge in the James Creek tasting room with exclusive ciders and complimentary charcuterie. General admission tickets are also available at Eventbrite (see link in bio) and provide a branded taster glass and opportunity to sample ciders from 15 NC cideries (and Railhouse Brewery), live music by Whiskey Pines and by Chip Perry, and food vendors with BBQ, oysters, gourmet cheese and cured meats.

Come meet the cidermakers. Tour the orchards. Learn about southern heirloom and cider apple varieties, grafting and apple propagation and pruning.

Molley Chomper Hard Cider
Barn Door Ciderworks
Urban Orchard Cider Company
Honeygirl Meadery
James Creek Cider House
Botanist and Barrel

Thanks to our sponsor
Visit Pinehurst, Southern Pines, Aberdeen

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bloomtime-ciderfest-tickets-1980738382823

03/05/2026

Join us for the Bloomtime Ciderfest at James Creek Cider House on Saturday, March 14. Tickets available at Eventbrite.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bloomtime-ciderfest-tickets-1980738382823

03/01/2026

Introducing your hosts for the Bloomtime Ciderfest: James Creek Cider House sits adjacent to 18 acres of orchards growing southern heirloom and cider apples, two dozen varieties of southern peaches (yellow, white and donut), pears, persimmons, blueberries and muscadines, all of which are used for fresh eating and cider making.

James Creek Cider House crafts premium ciders from the southern heirloom and cider apples grown in their orchards, since 2009, using traditional, low intervention methods with intention and care, blending, not correcting, to achieve its signature blends, each reflecting a distinctive harvest.

JCCH has won several awards, including gold medals from CiderCraft, NC Wine, Good Food, GLINTCAP, and was named one of the 10 Best Cideries in the US in 2024 and 2025 by USA Today.

James Creek also produces Stargazer Cider using apples, and sometimes other fruits, produce and botanicals, grown on their farm or sourced regionally from other family farms.

The James Creek team will give tours of the orchards and talk about the southern heirloom apple varieties that inspired their cider adventure and are the foundation of all their cidermaking.


James Creek Cider House