About
About
Viola Orchards is a family owned farm and cidery located in Estacada, Oregon, in what once was the town of Viola. The land and cidery resides on the homestead of what local folklore says was once the general store. In most recent years it has become the home of hundreds of american cider, crab, culinary, heirloom, english & french cider apple trees that have been grafted, planted and tended to by the owners Brian and Lavina.
Viola Orchards is a young thriving orchard. As well as picking apples in their orchard, Brian and Lavina hand pick similar varieties from an orchard 30 miles away in the Willamette Valley.
Once picked and pressed, Viola Orchards begins the cider making by fermenting the juice via a cultured yeast process. Once fermentation is complete the cider is carbonated and ready for enjoyment.
Our Story
Our Story
Owners Brian and Lavina grew up on opposite ends of the country,but their childhoods shared one parallel: apple orchards; Brian in the robust orchards of Western New York and Lavina on her family’s 80 acres in Douglas County, Oregon.
In the mid 2000’s their paths crossed in Portland, Oregon initiating a love affair with cider neither of them could have imagined. Moving into their first home together, instead of a dining room table in the kitchen they found themselves with only room for 9 fermenters. That particular batch of cider was juice they purchased from their friend’s farm stand in Milwaukie, Oregon, which came from the orchard they currently pick their cider apples from. Those 9 fermenters were enjoyed by all at backyard BBQs, birthdays, campfires, and Tuesday nights.
In the coming years, they would be very resourceful in their picking endeavors. Getting a variety of juice from Lavina’s family farm, knocking on doors to pick apple trees in yards, to purchasing a majority of their juice from the Milwaukie farm stand. Many of their pressings were weekend long events; full days of picking, and full days of pressing. The one constant was the clear, dry, fruit forward cider they produced.
When it came time to purchase their own home Lavina and Brian decided to take their dream to the next level by purchasing acreage in the valley of Estacada, Oregon in what once was the town of Viola. There they began grafting, planting and tending to their own orchard for cider making. While they wait for their orchard to mature they are personally picking apples from an orchard 30 miles away in the Willamette Valley that was also grafted and planted by an orchardist just like Lavina and Brian. Their love of cider is what has created Viola Orchards.
Find Our Ciders
Find Our Ciders
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Milwaukie Farmers Market
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Morland Farmers Market
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Hollywood Farmers Market
4/20, 5/11, 6/8, 7/6, 8/3, 9/7, 10/5
Bottles available online now. Store
Bottles
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- Harvest Market, Estacada OR
- Bent Shovel Brewing, Estacada OR
- McIver Outpost, Estacada OR
- Redland Station, Oregon City OR
- Belmont Station, Portland OR
- PDX Bottle Shop, Portland OR
- Array Bottle Shop, Portland OR
- Beer Bunker, Portland OR
- Henry’s Market, Portland OR
- Smitty’s Taphouse, Portland OR
- Milwaukie Pizza Company, Milwaukie OR
- Beer Store Milwaukie, Milwaukie OR
- The Brew, Gladstone OR
Permanent Tap Handles
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- Bent Shovel Pub, Estacada OR
- Moreland Ale House, Portland OR
- Eagle Creek Saloon, Eagle Creek OR
- The Record Pub, Portland OR
- Covert Cafe, Portland OR
- Milwaukie Pizza Company, Milwakie OR
Rotating Tap Handles
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- Clackamas River Growlers, Estacada OR
- Arch Bridge Tap House, Oregon City OR
- Corner 14, Oregon City
- The Office, Milwaukie OR
- Beer Store Milwaukie, Milwaukie OR
- Ginos Restaurant, Sellwood OR
- PDX Bottle Shop, Portland OR
- Smitty’s, Portland OR
- Array, Portland OR
- Benbears Beer, Portland OR
- Little Beast Brewing Beer Garden, Portland OR
- Proper Pint Woodstock, Portland OR
- Beer Bunker, Portland OR
- Tabor Tavern, Portland OR
- Bare Bones, Portland OR
- Conscious Sedation Beer, Portland OR
Contact
Contact
21278 S Mattoon Rd. Estacada, OR 97023