OMG and the story of two sommeliers!
Meet Olga and Micheal Efremov are Russian Sommeliers with two cider brands, OMG and Incider.
Michael and Olga Efremov
They are based outside of Moscow in a small town, but close enough to work with restaurants in the city. Micheal is the cidermaker and Olga, the educator, leading tasting workshops.
During this chat recorded in February of 2020 at Cidrexpo, Olga discussed the apple variety known as "Antonovka".
She says it is difficult to make a single varietal cider from this apple because of the lack of aromas. Antonovka is used widely in the US as a rootstock for growing other apple varieties because Antonovka is so vigorous.
Labels from OMG and Incider. Note the first label features a painting from Giuseppe Arcimboldo.
Listen to a special episode on Cider Chat featuring the era of the Mannerist painters and the current Omni Era of Cider.
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