We opened Alpine Garden Winery in 2021, where we produce wine and cider from local fruit using minimal intervention processing.

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In our hometown in the Mount Washington Valley, we grow grapes using holistic and regenerative farming methods, and are actively working to restore a long neglected orchard of heritage apple varieties.  Our journey began in 2009 with a small plot of La Crescent and Sabrevois vines, and since then, we have planted 2,500 additional hybrid vines. While we wait for the majority of our own vines to mature, we collaborate with small vineyards throughout New Hampshire and Vermont. These partnerships have introduced us to a passionate community of winegrowers in the region, who are redefining perceptions of hybrid grapes and the potential of East Coast wine.

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Our cider ambitions focus on revitalizing the local orchard culture by generating value through apple fermentation. We are located amidst what were once award-winning orchards from the early 1800s, many of which fell into disrepair during Prohibition. Today, we forage from the ancient remnants and descendants of those trees, which serve as our feral genetic repository of tannic, sharp, and disease-resistant apple varieties. These may hold the key to restoring our cider culture to its former glory. 

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To date, we have never produced the same product twice; each offering is unique to the season and circumstance, telling the story of the vintage. This journey encompasses farming, passion, art and craft. We draw energy and inspiration from our wine-growing neighbors in the Green Mountains, who represent a true success story, and we aim to convey the cultural significance of embracing local wine-growing, along with the potential losses if we do not. Our belief is that winemaking in this region has strayed from its agricultural roots, evolving into a wine-kit commodity rather than a genuine agricultural product.  The industrialization of this ancient craft has reached a tipping point, and we believe it is time to say "enough" to chemically engineered wines and the use of chemicals in vineyards. It is truly disheartening that there are 80 allowable additives in U.S. winemaking, and only sulfites must be declared on the label.  We are part of the response to overly modified wines made from grapes grown far away, as we strive to return to the agricultural roots of winemaking and to provide transparency to wine drinkers. Our wines are rustic, wild and raw, offering a new experience for your palate.