Greenwood Cider: From Forgotten Fruit to Award-Winning Cider
We are thrilled to award Greenwood Cider with a 2026 Snail of Approval!
At Greenwood, cider is made the hard way – pressing and producing everything themselves, foraging for lost and forgotten fruits, and reducing food waste in our community.
Co-owners Marshall Petryni and Andrew Short, with help from their small but mighty team, craft cider using hands-on, traditional methods. They call themselves “cider guiders,” allowing the fruit and fermentation process to speak for themselves rather than over-manipulating. Working with a wide range of heirloom and cider apple varieties, like Hollandberry Admirable (the nearly extinct variety that started the whole operation), Harry Masters Jersey, Kingston Black, Redfield, and Brown Snouts, they’re helping to revive cider culture.
Their apples are sourced from a variety of orchards, from a hyperlocal partnership with City Fruit to small homesteads and abandoned orchards on the other side of the Cascades. They work with growers who align with their values, including those practicing dry farming and adapting to the realities of climate change. They build direct relationships with growers, seek out farms whose labor practices align with their values, and intentionally avoid sourcing from producers with known labor disputes.
To reduce waste and their carbon footprint, they use cosmetically imperfect and surplus fruit, turning what might be discarded into something truly valuable. Pomace is returned to farms for animal feed, and they’ve created a bottle return program that remains a priority, even when it’s labor-intensive.
Their dedication to traditional cider-making is earning recognition beyond the Pacific Northwest as well — under the guidance of head cidermaker and Certified Pommelier, Maia Wohlert, Greenwood’s Scrumpy recently won Double Gold in the High Tannin Dry category at this year’s Cidercraft Awards.
They don’t have a tasting room, so to get all the in-cider information, you can find them at several weekly farmers markets (check their website for locations). Stop by, and they’ll walk you through their ciders, their sourcing, and their approach through the story behind each bottle.
Congratulations to Andrew, Marshall, Maia, and the team at Greenwood Cider for this well-deserved award. Cheers!
Contact Information:
• Greenwood Cider
• Marshall Petryni and Andrew Short
• Website: greenwoodcider.com
