In the country apples that pétillent… The entire department starts in the fall. With carts crammed with barrels, we come from Ramerupt, Arcis, from Marcilly to make full cider. At the end of the th century Coca-Cola and the Frigidaire were still not there. The prairie between Vaujurenne and Bois-le-Roi was only an apple forest, and farming practiced on horseback. In 1882, the only commune in Saint-Mards-en-Othe had 360 ha of cider trees, whereas a century later, in 1986, the country of Othe aubois accounted for only 14! It is a blessed time: the Othéens go even so far as exporting the Rhine. In 1909, nearly 280 cars loaded with apples left the stations of Aix-en-Othe and Vulaines for Stuttgart. Ten years later, the country of Othe produces 70 000 hl of apple juice! A true golden age for the cider of Othe: million bottles, thousands of apple trees and an arsenal of barrels and presses on each farm. In October, the chutes chutes à with a thick and sweet juice that you can taste. Today, unfortunately, the let is no longer the same. In the post-war period, reparcelling, mechanization and intensive agriculture, the change of tastes also, are right for the king-king. Apple trees are arrache to plant cereals. The cider of Othe seems destined to be sacrificed on the altar of progress. Farmers produce only for their own consumption. However, in May 1961, a Route of Cider was launched in the Aix region. Some are even trying to organise production groups. The real déclic will be done in 1986, a year that dates back. In January, the union of cidricoles producers is created. 7 September takes place in Aix the first chapter of the new Brotherhood of taste cider. And then, this year, especially the winning capsules, the legend on the cap that allows for sale without passes. All hopes are now allowed… In less than ten years, the cider of Othe is reborn from its ashes. The new generation takes over the torch of centuries of tradition. The commercial spirit in addition to green tourism. They are now about twenty cidriers to produce this amber, ochre beverage as its original land of origin, sparkling and so characteristic of "stone". This pure juice, pasteurisé or pasteurisé cider, is always made in the purest tradition of the country of Othe.Feast of cider on the 2nd weekend of September.
