About me

Hiya! Thanks for visiting my blog.

My name is Natalia, PharmD by training, currently living in Berlin, Germany. I am a cider blogger, cider expert and an international cider judge, who has years of experience in evaluating and judging cider from all over the globe. My previous judging experience includes Cider World (2018-until now), World Cider Awards (2020) and International Natural Cider Competition in Madeira 2023. Recently, in collaboration with Alistair Morrell of Cider is Wine we kicked off a series of Instagram Live Sessions called ‘Not-from-concentrate‘ discussing important cider related-topics.

Actually, I was not born a cider lover. If you had asked me a few years ago about cider, I would have told you that cider is most probably a kind of beer flavoured with apple juice. A lot has changed in my life since then. I discovered cider and developed a passion for this exciting beverage, started reading about cider making, learned about apple varieties, cider styles, and how they typically taste in various parts of the world. I fell in love and decided that I want to spread my passion for cider.

Sadly, it’s still quite a challenge to find good cider in this part of Europe. But it’s slowly changing! Cider makers from other countries than the UK, France or Spain can craft a really decent cider. So my goal is to explore cider from various European countries, share my honest opinion on ciders/perries and increase awareness about cider available mainly in Europe.

In addition, by visiting cider bars, cider shops, cider makers and attending cider festivals across Europe; being active on social media such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram and giving you the feedback I intend to promote cider culture and raise awareness about quality/craft cider and perry.

If you enjoy what you’re reading here or wish to share your thoughts with me please do reach out to me. My desire of talking about cider is insatiable.

You can get in touch with me at cider.explorer@gmail.com, via the contact form or visit me on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. I look forward to hearing from you!

Cheers!