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World’s Best Cider is a brand new book by Pete Brown and Bill Bradshaw. Very well documented, it is undoubtly the best book on the subjet. In the Normandy section of this 256-page hardcover book, you may find a profile on Domaine Dupont as well as some of best producers of the area.

About the authors : Pete Brown writes the UK’s leading beer blog and was named 2009’s and 2012’s Beer Writer of the Year. He appears regularly on TV, radio and in print and currently writes two regular columns in brewing and pub trade magazines in the UK and the US. Bill Bradshaw is a freelance photographer who has been documenting cider for the last seven years as an ongoing personal project. His cider images are on permanent display at the Hereford Cider Museum and he has been published internationally in various magazines including the prestigious Spanish magazine La Sidra. His images and travels are documented on his blog IAMCIDER.

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Book description : « World’s Best Ciders is the first book to showcase the world of cider, from its origins as a thirst-quencher for farm workers to its present as a rival to champagne. Travelling from the Old to the New World and teaching us not only how to taste it but how to cook with it, Pete Brown and Bill Bradshaw explore every aspect of this fascinating drink and the people who produce it. Here you’ll discover what Johnny Appleseed really planted, find out what the Magners’ effect is and learn why perry is a miracle drink.
Beginning in the sidrerias of Asturias, Spain, where cider has been part of the culture for thousands of years, the authors then travel north to Normandy and Brittany in France, to the famous cider regions of Somerset, the Three Counties and Wales in the UK and then across the Atlantic, to New England and Quebec where cider is being re-invented, taken out of bars and into restaurants. Over 200 ciders are described in detail, with tasting notes, and illustrated with hundreds of Bill Bradshaw’s inspiring and beautiful photographs.
This is a story that has never been told. It is a story that will appeal to the novice and the expert alike. »

Hardcover book – 256 pages – Publisher: Jacqui Small LLP – ISBN: 978-1906417994

The September 12, 2013 edition of the Wall Street Journal puts the focus on Calvados :

Titled Calvados’s Warm Charm – Have an apple-y ever after fall with this popular Normandy digestif, the article is a nice introduction to Calvados. Will Lyons quotes Jérôme Dupont and the graphics displays (and presents) two Dupont Calvados (VSOP and Vintage 1997).

>> Read the article on the Wall Street Journal website …
(click on View Graphics to read a full presentation of the Calvados)

Bill Bradshaw is an english photographer and also a cider lover.  In his blog  IAMCIDER, he displays nice photos related to cider and apples. During the fall 2012, Bill Bradshaw came to Normandy to visit Domaine Dupont and a few other estates :

« My first visit was to Domaine Dupont. Dupont’s ciders are well known outside France and for good reason. They embrace the traditional way of making a typically Norman cider yet do it with panache. Unusually, they also embrace modern thinking and really try to push the boundaries of what you can get from your apples… »
Read more and see the pictures…

Long time cider enthusiast and connoisseur, James Adams presents the Dupont Estate in his blog All About Cider.

« Domaine Dupont without doubt is the more highly recognized and acclaimed French cider producer which you can find in Australia – Just ahead of Le Pere Jules in my opinion. From a company who specializes mostly in calvados, Domaine Dupont produces some fantastic traditional ciders… »
Read more …

The New York Times – November 7, 2012
Title : When the Power Came Back, so Did the Crowds

When the New York Times captures a well-known fashion stylist dining at the Calliope Restaurant, there is a Domaine Dupont Organic Cider on the table !
Read the article – See the photograph in its entirety

Photo by Robert Caplin for The New York Times
Calliope Restaurant is located 84 East Fourth Street in NYC.

The TODAY food newsletter, Bites on Today, publishes an interesting article about cider titled Not your granny’s apple cider: Craft varieties make a comeback.

Danika Fears, from TODAY, explores the growing demand abour ciders :
« What’s old is new again… There’s this eagerness to learn more about cider and understand it as a farm-related product”
Domaine Dupont ciders are mentionned. Read…