Flat Rock Cider Works labors on. . .

Hey, I've tried it--the blackberry gold apple cider--and it's pretty good. From Bold Life:

In addition to spotting and seizing the opportunity to help usher in a cider sea change, the foursome [at Flat Rock Cider Works] also saw the chance to give North Carolina's apple country a brand it could call its own. They set out to make Naked Apple a truly Henderson County product, starting with the fruit.

The company has its own orchards — one they lease and one they own. It's this vertical integration that makes the cidery unique: They can take their cider from the orchard, through the production process, through bottling, and to the final customer. . .

Read it all. Jim Sparks and Tom Davis, part of the Flat Rock Cider Works team, are the former owners of the Highland Lake Golf Club, now The Park at Flat Rock. Connections, connections. . .