Their story
Pershore Press is the cider, perry and juice enterprise of Pershore College, part of Warwickshire College Group, run from the college's Pershore campus in Worcestershire. Staff and students have pressed fruit there since the early 1990s. During the 2020 lockdown the college rebranded the enterprise as Pershore Press, taking in the craft production methods and horticultural heritage of the Vale of Evesham, and it now carries the "Make It Worcestershire" seal. Fruit comes from the college's own Avonbank Orchard and from named growers such as Stocken Orchard. The range covers single-variety and blended ciders, perries and fresh-pressed apple juice, sold through local shops and hospitality customers and from the college's own shop. Profits go back into education at the college.
Discovery apples for the Fine Cider come from the college's own Avonbank Orchard on the Pershore campus; some single-variety cider (e.g. Dabinett) is pressed from named outside growers such as Stocken Orchard rather than college-grown fruit.
Apples and pears they nameDiscovery, Dabinett, Cox, Russet
What they make
- Vale of Evesham Fine Cider medium-dry, lower alcohol, Discovery apples
- Premium Single Variety Dabinett Keeved sweet, traditionally keeved
- Pershore College Cox Cider single variety, Cox apples
- Russet Cider single variety
- Traditional Vintage Cider still
- Apple juice fresh-pressed, single variety and blends
Visiting
Cider is usually on sale from the reception desk at Pershore College, Avonbank
The college's student plant unit, which also stocks Pershore Press products, opens on selected dates only; check before travelling.
Where to buy
- At the farm or cidery When open
- Becketts Farm Stockist
- Chadbury Farm Shop Stockist
- Pershore College Garden Centre Stockist
The range is on sale at the Pershore College shop and with farm shops across Worcestershire, Gloucestershire and Warwickshire. The Pershore Press website has no online shop.