{"title":"Fable Farm","description":"\u003cp\u003eFable Farm Fermentory is less a winery than a working farm and gathering place, where brothers Jon and Chris Piana turn the landscape of central Vermont into a glass.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Pianas arrived in Barnard, Vermont in 2008 to start a vegetable CSA, landing in a place steeped in apples and cider lore. Fermentation experiments began around 2010, they were federally licensed in 2015, and the Fermentory became a full-time operation in 2016.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore on how they farm and work in the cellar in our \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/natural-wine-producers-primal-wine\/fable-farm\"\u003eFable Farm producer profile\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"fluxion-apple-wine-cider-vermont-natural-wine","title":"Fable Farm Fluxion Apple Wine 2021","description":"\u003cp\u003eFluxion is a traditional method sparkling apple wine made by brothers Jon and Chris Piana at Fable Farm Fermentory in Barnard, Vermont. The 2021 release is the fourth iteration of Fluxion, built from a multi-vintage blend of foraged cider apples aged in an assortment of wood barrels. Vermont maple syrup was added as the priming sugar to trigger a secondary fermentation in bottle, producing a fine, persistent mousse. The finished wine is bone dry with refreshing acidity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Fluxion blend is constructed from both one-year and two-year barrel-aged cider lots, blended once a year in the fermentory cave. Each year, a portion of the blend is barreled down and carried forward into the following year's blend, so older vintages accumulate in the wine over time. The fermentation vessels used include neutral oak barrels, stainless steel, and glass. No filtration, pasteurization, or sulfite additions are made at any stage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe apples come from wild, abandoned, and cultivated trees found across the farm and neighboring fields, forests, and orchards throughout central Vermont. Fable Farm sources exclusively from organically and responsibly farmed ingredients. All fermentation is driven by native wild yeasts and bacteria, and the cider cures in the cave through a succession of microorganisms in both barrel and bottle. Fluxion shares the same base blend as Stillpoint, the farm's still apple wine, differing only in the addition of carbonation via the traditional method.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt around 7% ABV, Fluxion is lightly sparkling and sits closer in style to traditional Asturian or Basque cider than to Champagne, with a mid-level mousse and a profile that leans savory rather than fruity. It is unfiltered and typically shows some sediment from in-bottle fermentation activity, which can be left settled or gently integrated before serving.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fable Farm","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35683303587992,"sku":"1264","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0019\/3363\/9735\/files\/fluxion-apple-wine-cider-vermont-natural-wine-deslop.png?v=1784583075"},{"product_id":"emanation-cider-vermont-natural-wine-primal-wine","title":"Fable Farm Emanation Cider 2019","description":"\u003cp\u003eEmanation is a dry sparkling cider made in the ancestral method from a blend of foraged wild cider apples and organically cultivated fruit from Walden Heights Nursery and Orchard in Walden, Vermont. The juice is fermented in stainless steel with ambient wild yeast and bacteria, then bottled before fermentation completes so the cider finishes its first fermentation in bottle, trapping natural carbonation. No filtration, no pasteurization, no sulfite additions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe cultivated fruit comes from orchardist Todd Parlo's certified organic orchard in Walden, Vermont, situated at approximately 1,700 feet elevation in USDA hardiness zone 3a. The orchard maintains over 600 distinct apple varieties, with trees pruned and grown alongside a polyculture of companion plantings. The foraged component is gleaned from wild apple trees scattered across the hills of central Vermont.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFable Farm Fermentory is operated by brothers Jon and Chris Piana on 850 acres in Barnard, Vermont, in the foothills of the Green Mountains. They began farming vegetables there in 2008, transitioned to perennial fruit production and fermentation in 2013, received their federal fermentory license in 2015, and have operated the cidery full-time since 2016. Emanation is one of their flagship ciders and a 2019 Good Food Award winner.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExpect a light gold pour with gentle, pétillant carbonation. The flavor profile is dry and tart, with russet apple, biscuit, dried straw, and a suggestion of chestnut honey, backed by earthy lees character and bright acidity at the finish. At 6.4% ABV, it is genuinely sessionable.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fable Farm","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35683544268952,"sku":"FABLEMAN19C","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0019\/3363\/9735\/products\/fable-farm-emanation-natural-wine-primal-wine.jpg?v=1780187007"},{"product_id":"petite-pearl-cider-fable-farm-sparkling-rose-natural-wine","title":"Fable Farm Petite Pearl Cider 2019","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis sparkling rosé is 90% Petite Pearl and 10% Frontenac Noir, grown on the Penny Hill Vineyard in Vermont — a high-elevation site in the foothills where the shorter growing season slows ripening and concentrates acidity. The vines were seven years old at the 2018 harvest. Fable Farm Fermentory, run by brothers Jon and Chris Piana in Barnard, central Vermont, works without added sulfites, filtration, or lab yeasts across all of its wines and ciders.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHalf the fruit was whole-cluster pressed immediately at harvest; the other half was cold-macerated for five weeks — cold enough to control extraction but warm enough to sustain a steady fermentation. The two wines aged separately in neutral oak barrels for one year, then were blended and bottled with a tirage of fresh 2019 juice to trigger a secondary fermentation in bottle. The result is a lightly sparkling, low-alcohol rosé — the producer lists average alcohol on their cider-as-wine line at 6–7% ABV.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePetite Pearl is a cold-hardy hybrid bred by Tom Plocher in Minnesota and released in 2010, with parentage that includes V. vinifera, V. riparia, and V. labrusca. It produces wines with notes of cherry, blueberry, and plum alongside hints of anise and mint, with moderate acidity and soft tannins. In rosé and sparkling formats the fruit reads as bright red berry with a lifted floral edge. Frontenac Noir adds structure and a tart cranberry-cherry snap that keeps the wine focused.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo sulfites added. Unfiltered. Expect sediment and some variation bottle to bottle — this is a living wine. Serve well chilled and store at 40–55°F.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fable Farm","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35683624452248,"sku":"FABLPEAR19C","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0019\/3363\/9735\/products\/fable-petite-pearl-cider-vermont-natural-wine-primal-wine.jpg?v=1780187004"},{"product_id":"jalu-apple-grape-sparkling-wine-fable-farm-natural-wine","title":"Fable Farm Jalu Apple-Grape Sparkling Wine 2019","description":"\u003cp\u003eFable Farm Fermentory Jalu Apple-Grape Sparkling Wine. A medley of foraged cider apples and Vermont grown grapes were used in the creation of this 2019 sparkling delight. 55% macerated cider and 45% white, red and grey grapes, this living apple grape wine brings a light and refreshing sparkle with nicely balanced cranberry-cherry notes to your table.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fable Farm","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42102296740056,"sku":"FABLJALU19C","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0019\/3363\/9735\/products\/fable-farm-jalu-natural-wine-primal-wine.jpg?v=1780185268"},{"product_id":"still-point-apple-wine-fable-farm-natural-wine","title":"Fable Farm Stillpoint Apple Wine 2017\/18","description":"\u003cp\u003eHerein awaits an aged blend of cider, cultured in an assortment of wood barrels before bottling still, and from which our sparkling cider, Fluxion, arose. This prolonged aging in our fleet of barrels tends to give the cider smooth, buttery, and peppery qualities. We are excited for more people to turn to the wonder, simplicity, and solemnity of still cider.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fable Farm","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42105060294872,"sku":"FABLSTIL18C","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0019\/3363\/9735\/products\/fable-farm-still-point-natural-wine-primal-wine.jpg?v=1780185266"},{"product_id":"vinous-venus-apple-grape-wine-fable-farm-natural-wine","title":"Fable Farm Vinous Venus Apple-Grape Wine 2017\/18","description":"\u003cp\u003eHerein awaits a pink-hued, apple-grape wine created in the traditional method. Macerated red grape pomace and fresh red grape clusters containing residual sugars post pressing were co-fermented with a blend of foraged apple juice. The wine was then pressed off and sent down to the cellar to age in cultured wood barrels for a year, before bottling as a sparkling apple-grape wine. Vinous Venus celebrates the integration of foraged apples and grapes with its dry sparkle and refreshing acidity.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fable Farm","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42105115672792,"sku":"FABLVENU18C","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0019\/3363\/9735\/products\/fable-farm-vinous-venus-natural-wine-primal-wine.jpg?v=1780185263"},{"product_id":"rosa-blackcurrant-apple-wine-fable-farm-natural-wine","title":"Fable Farm Rosa Blackcurrant Apple Wine 2019","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis low alcohol mild sparkler is a refreshing accompaniment with breakfast, lunch or dinner. Blackcurrants were steeped in cider for a month that was than aged in barrels for a year. 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