Just as Thomas Volney Munson devoted a great deal of his life to collecting and documenting American native grape varieties, John and Josephine Riley travelled throughout the world collecting and documenting hundreds of apple trees. Over 30 years ago they planted an orchard on the secluded Bowen Island (British Columbia) to cultivate these trees and today the orchard consists of about 1,000 different apple varieties. Most of these are from North America but there are plenty that originated from Europe to Central Asia.
Five years ago Christine Hardie and Rob Purdy asked the Riley's for help in establishing
Riley's Cidery and eventually took over the living tree museum. The trees are listed in a binder located in the tasting room and the
2023 Long Lost Apples is composed of the juice from all the apples harvested from the orchard. This is a time consuming project because the apple ripen at different times and some trees only produce fruit every other year. Thus approximately 500 apple varieties went into this cider that combines tartness with a nice tannic body. Fresh acidity livens the finish.
Just as Thomas Volney Munson devoted a great deal of his life to collecting and documenting American native grape varieties, John and Josephine Riley travelled throughout the world collecting and documenting hundreds of apple trees. Over 30 years ago they planted an orchard on the secluded Bowen Island (British Columbia) to cultivate these trees and today the orchard consists of about 1,000 different apple varieties. Most of these are from North America but there are plenty that originated from Europe to Central Asia.
Five years ago Christine Hardie and Rob Purdy asked the Riley's for help in establishing Riley's Cidery and eventually took over the living tree museum. The trees are listed in a binder located in the tasting room and the 2023 Long Lost Apples is composed of the juice from all the apples harvested from the orchard. This is a time consuming project because the apple ripen at different times and some trees only produce fruit every other year. Thus approximately 500 apple varieties went into this cider that combines tartness with a nice tannic body. Fresh acidity livens the finish. 
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