Why Every Cider Lover Should Plan a Visit To Oregon’s Hood River Valley
John Metta, cider maker at Slopeswell Cider in Hood River, Oregon, insists he is just a hobbyist. When the cidery initially opened in 2015, he waited until his kids were asleep and then snuck out to make cider in plastic wine barrels, because he didn’t have any professional equipment. Slopeswell has a distributor now, but Metta says he didn’t even want one — because as he repeatedly reminds me, all this is just a hobby.