About Us

The FLX Cider Trail is collaboration between cideries and apple growers in upstate New York. The Trail spans the Finger Lakes Region (Haudenosaunee land), with orchards and tasting rooms overlooking Keuka Lake to the west and clustered between Seneca and Cayuga Lakes to the east. A drive through the renowned Finger Lakes Wine Country is also a tour of our nationally recognized hard cideries producing in a climate well suited to apples. All of our partner cideries produce their own cider and many grow their own apples- your visit is likely to be right in the middle of a working farm.

Please check out the specifics for visiting each of our partners at our cideries. 

Great cider is made from many more than the few varieties of apples commonly found at the grocery store. There are thousands of varieties grown across the country, including dozens of unique varieties that originated in the Finger Lakes that give the region’s cider its dynamic personality. In addition to apples, the Finger Lakes is home to amazing varieties of  pears used to make perry, or cider made from pears.

Perry may look like cider, but its taste reveals an explosion of sugar, acid, tannin, flowers and funk unique to perry that is not soon to be forgotten. Beyond apples and pears, lots of other fruits, herbs and even grapes can find themselves in some of the region’s great ciders. Cider casts a wide net into an ever expanding world for fermentation possibilities. Some ciders drink like wine, others are consumed by the pint, while others are slowly sipped after dinner.