Sager Small

Sager Small grew up in the Walla Walla Valley, in a family of winemakers. He is enthusiastic about cider and foraged apples’ potential to break down some of the orthodoxy surrounding wine, and he has been active in documenting and propagating wild and abandoned trees. Sager is currently the vineyard manager at Woodward Canyon Winery and one of four founding members of Mast Year Cider Collective, a worker-owned cooperative. Mast Year works to create hyperlocal ciders from fruit foraged in and around the Blue Mountains. The Collective believes in minimalism in the cellar, with wild fermentations, unamended musts, and low-to-no use of sulfur. 2023 marks our first commercial year; please look for our inaugural releases in the 2024 season!