Fresh apples for top-quality cider
FAST FACTS
Loxtonia was crowned the overall champion at the 11th International Cider Challenge.
The cidery identified healthconscious and eco-friendly consumers of between 18 and 35 as the main target market of its ciders.
Its concept of ‘orchard to bottle’ is unique in South Africa and sets it apart from other cider producers.
In 1990, Larry Whitfield bought Loxtonia, a prune farm on the outskirts of Ceres in the Western Cape, and set about redeveloping it into an export apple, pear and plum farm.
“The name Loxtonia comes from a previous owner who married a woman from Loxton in the Karoo. The name was an effort to lessen her homesickness, and the manor house is a traditional Karoo-style stone house,” he says.
Loxtonia is planted to 40ha of apples, 20ha of pears and 30ha of plums,
