Originally from Hereford, Stuart was born in the cider capital of the UK where his Grandfather used to work for H.P. BULMERS in Ryeland Street, setting the groundworks for what was to come.

In 2003 Stuart moved to France where roots were established and in 2018 Stuart decided to Import some trees from Herefordshire and the respected John Worle - John was the Ex Area Farm's Manager and Nursery Manager to Bulmers who later in 2006 set up his own cider apple tree nursery in Herefordshire.

This was the beginning of what was to be the 1st Cider producer in the Gers, established in 2020.

Varieties Imported were classics like: Herefordshire Redstreak’s, Bulmers Foxwhelp, Dymock Red’s, Credinhill Pippin, Dabinett’s, Kingston Black’s, Yarlington Mill’s, Tom Putts & Harry Master Jersey’s ……..since then Stuart has grown his collection to over 68 varieties of English, French & Basque apple trees and currently has over 1500 trees planted.

In 2021 Stuart acquired a 2nd Orchard in the Bèarn region just outside Pau in the 64 dept. where the majority of trees were French cider apple trees from Normandy with a few classic trees from the Basque Country, there was a lot of work as the Orchard had been neglected by the previous owners. - additional Orchards are planned for 2025.

Orchards & the eco pasture play a key role in making sure that what goes into our bottles is 100% Naturel - Shropshire sheep graze between the trees and fertilise them with naturel nitrate deposits along with our bees who polonaise the trees. - We do not use pesticides or chemicals at all in our orchards or cider.