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18th October 2023

Nightingale Cider Announces Launch of New Rosé Sparkling Cider in Time for National Apple Day

Nightingale Cider Company is a family-run business based in Tenterden, Kent. The Nightingale family has been fruit farming in the area since 1948. They’ve been making small batch craft cider since 2009, keeping the process as natural as possible at every stage—their ciders and perries are made from 100% fruit juice and all are gluten-free and vegan.

Nightingale Cider’s delicious range of ciders and juices are handmade, using fruit from their farm and nearby Kentish orchards. Driven by their passion for the highest quality ciders, they bridge tradition and innovation to produce a range of flavoursome and exciting offerings for today’s drinker.

Love Bird is a new, limited edition sparkling and wild-fermented rosé cider that celebrates red-fleshed fruit. Made from Discovery, Redlove and Bramley apples, drinkers can expect notes of strawberry and grapefruit. With a bright acidity and stunning blush pink colour, this cider is perfect for the last taste of summer and will appeal to cider and rosé wine drinkers alike.

This is a rosé cider where colour comes from the apple, which is a rare thing. Nearly all other rosé ciders get colour from adjuncts or permitted colourants.

Plus Love Bird boasts a 4.5% ABV, making it a perfect cider for afternoon sipping.

This new cider will be available from Wednesday, 18th October just in time for National Apple Day on the 21st October, when it will be pouring at selected venues on draft (venues to be confirmed closer to the date).

Joining the Cider? Yes! 440ml can range—which encourages drinkers to take a chance and discover some deliciously modern and complex ciders—Love Bird sits alongside Nightingale’s Night Bird, Wild Disco and Falstaff Bramley sparkling ciders.

Sam Nightingale, Nightingale Cider founder and cider maker, says:

“Everybody loved our positive Cider? Yes! campaign and I felt that this would be a great way to start the conversation around a natural blush sparkling cider made from 100% apple juice and no colouring or adjuncts.”

Love Bird will be available on the Nightingale webshop and Cat in a Glass (Manchester) and Aeble Cider Shop (Scotland).

For trade direct, it will be available through us and our distribution partners throughout the UK: Cambridge Wine Merchants, Cave Direct, Hard-Pressed Cider and PigsEar South.

Download images here.

Ciders will be available on our webshop to purchase from the 21st October here. Our mailing list subscribers can pre-order before this date.

Social media:

Facebook: Nightingale Cider

Instagram: @nightingalecider

Twitter: @NightingaleCidr

www.nightingalecider.com

ENDS

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Notes to Editors:

For further information email Rebecca Pate on bex@nightingalecider.com.

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About Nightingale Cider Company:

Nightingale Cider Company is a family-run business based in Tenterden, Kent. The Nightingale family has been fruit farming in the area since 1948. They’ve been making small batch craft cider since 2009, keeping the process as natural as possible at every stage—their ciders and perries are made from 100% fruit juice and all are gluten-free and vegan.

Nightingale’s delicious range of ciders and juices are handmade, using fruit from their farm and nearby Kentish orchards. Driven by their passion for the highest quality ciders, they bridge tradition with innovation to produce a range of flavoursome and exciting offerings for today’s drinker.

www.nightingalecider.com


For further information email Rebecca Pate on bex@nightingalecider.com.

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