EAT WILD - Debbie (Wild Wine School) & Cameron (Ripe Cider - Haye Farm)

This episode features two conversations. The first one with Debbie from Wild Wine School,  who I will be collaborating with during the EAT WILD weekend in Cornwall.
She talks passionately about her different and more sustainable approach to teaching about wine.

"With a focus on sustainable viticulture, we believe exploring what’s in our wine glasses shouldn’t be confined to a desk. It’s why we’re taking it back to where it all started, the great outdoors."  - www.wildwineschool.co.uk

What I absolutely love is how one encounter leads to the next and how unexpected and spontaneous they can be.
Debbie suggested I  stop at Haye Farm on my way home to visit a cidery.

The second conversation ended up being a bit of a full circle moment as you will hear at the beginning.  Raynor Winn's book The Salt Path was what initially got me interested in Cornwall.
The day before this conversation I had just finished her second book Wild Silence, about their life after The Salt Path at Haye Farm
And now I found myself sitting in the living room I'd been reading about.

Ray and Moth weren't there anymore. But Cameron, his wife Georgie and their dog Raff  welcomed me to talk about their cider business Ripe, how they got started and ended up at Haye Farm.
A walk around the old orchard, the old cider barn with the historic haye press, ... it's wonderful to see and listen to his passion for the land, the sheep and making cider.

I can't wait to use Ripe cider in my dished for EAT WILD.

For more info about this Off-grid Culinary adventure visit https://www.nala.be/eat-wild

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