Christine Hardie

Christine Hardie is Co-Owner & Cidermaker at Riley’s Cidery on Bowen Island, BC. The Riley’s orchard has one of the largest collections of heritage apples in North America with over 900 different varieties. Christine trained under Peter Mitchell at the Cider and Perry Academy in Herefordshire and prior to that at the University of British Columbia completing the UBC Farm Practicum in Sustainable Agriculture. She is passionate about making dry, fruit forward, low intervention ciders.