Bill Bleasdale is a cidermaker, orchardist, and nurseryman based in mid-Wales. His self-published book "How to Grow Apples and Make Cider" is a whimsical yet informative instructional guide.

Alan Shapiro of SBS Imports organizes the highly successful Cider Summit festivals in Seattle, Portland, Chicago, and the San Francisco Bay Area. He's a beverage industry veteran who has great insight into the future evolution of cider in the US.

John Bunker is one of our greatest apple experts. Rowan Jacobsen is one of our greatest food writers. In this episode they ruminate on the past, present, and future of apples and cider in the US.

Andy Brennan of Aaron Burr Cider takes an artistic approach to orcharding and cidermaking at his farmstead-scale cidery in the Hudson Valley of New York.

Mike Beck of Uncle John's Cider Mill in Michigan is a pioneering figure in the modern cider revival in the United States.

Somerset-based photographer Bill Bradshaw has documented the world of cider since 2004. His latest book is Cider Enthusiasts' Manual.

Nicole Leibon is the unheralded but highly talented cidermaker at Farnum Hill Ciders in New Hampshire.

Tom Oliver of Oliver's Cider & Perry in Herefordshire, England is a legend on both sides of the Atlantic.