Fall is the time to go apple picking, but I prefer apple drinking. This season, I’m enjoying Bere Aran Sidra Natural, a still cider from the Basque region of Spain. This beauty boasts 60 apple varietals, no added sugar and is fermented with native yeast. Along with fresh apple, the aroma offers notes of flowers, grass and salt water, while the palate is funky, tart and briny, like biting into a fresh, juicy Granny Smith.
$9.50. The Wine & Cheese Place, various locations.
Katie Herrera is co-founder of Femme Ferment and manager at The Side Project Cellar.
This article appears in October 2016.