Finger Lakes Flatbread will be making wood-fired pizza from 4:30-8:30, and Richie Stearns will be playing from 5:30 - 8:30PM.

RICHIE STEARNS first discovered the pleasures of the old time banjo when he was 14. He’s traveled round the world, performing both traditional and his own original music, finding ways to collaborate with musicians from five continents (Africa/Asia/North America, Australia, Europe) as well as local musicians from diverse musical backgrounds (classical, jazz, country, R&B, and more). Over the past three decades, he’s written original music for film scores and dance ensembles as well his own bands (The Horse Flies, Evil City String Band, Ti Ti Chickapea, Donna the Buffalo, and the Renegades, among them) and collaborated with artists from a variety of disciplines to present public performances on stages through the U.S., Canada, and Europe, as well as on radio and television.
The list of musicians Richie’s recorded, toured, and performed with is long and diverse: among them, jazz guitarist BILL FRISELL, Malian bluesman VIEUX FARKA TOURE, North Indian Gypsy band MUSAFIR, Tibetan singer YUNGCHEN LLAMO, pop legend LINDA RONSTADT, country and bluegrass musicians (including PETER ROWAN, VASSAR CLEMENTS, TONY TRISCHKA, and JIM LAUDERDALE), Cajun groups (Michael Doucet & BEAUSOLEIL, REDSTICK RAMBLERS), Celtic bands (DE DANNAN, John Doyle of SOLAS) and Australia’s KASEY CHAMBERS as well as SAMITE of Uganda and South African Afro-pop star JOHNNY CLEGG.

Like many musicians Tenzin, a long time local luminary in the singer-songwriter world, has not been playing many shows this year. We are very happy to be able to host him on one of our last shows of the year!

Come for the music, the cider and the tasty wood-fired pizza by Finger Lakes Flatbread!

Tenzin Chopak (vocals, guitar, piano, double bass, cello), is an artist and songwriter based in Ithaca, NY. The son of a minister and an artist, and the brother of a fellow musician and songwriter Greg Horne, Tenzin learned to love music in his father’s church in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. He studied voice, piano, and guitar in his childhood and youth, frequently performing his original music publicly. In 1999, after some years of a burgeoning devotion to the study of Tibetan language and religion, he traveled to North India. It was during his eight month stay there that he was given the name “Tenzin Chopak”. For the following twelve years, while continuing his study of Tibetan in upstate, NY, Tenzin kept music a quiet if not hidden part of his life.

Chopak now performs and records simply under his name “Tenzin Chopak”, and is known for composing and performing music across the genres of roots and progressive chamber folk, world beat influenced rock, and experimental and improvisational music including analog electronica (Moog) and trance mixed with instruments such as cello, piano, double bass, acoustic/electric guitars and voice. Most commonly, he performs with guitar and voice.

Finger Lakes Flatbread will be onsite serving wood-fired pizza and Wicked Children plays the tunes from 5:30-8:30PM.

A multi-generational Stringband with roots in Traditional American Old Time Music. Wicked Children plays traditional and new, Appalachian-style fiddle music with a focus on strong fiddling and a compelling groove. Members of the band are: Judy Hyman (fiddle) and Jeff Claus (banjo uke and guitar) of The Horse Flies; brothers Gus (fiddle, guitar, and banjo uke) and Huck (fiddle and percussion) Tritsch, of Wicked Chicken; Steve Selin (guitar) of Evil City String Band and Rose and the Bros; and Sally Freund (bass) of Rose and the Bros and Small Tattoo. Huck and Gus placed 1st and 2nd , respectively, in the 2019 youth fiddle contest at Clifftop Appalachian Festival in WV, and Gus won best original fiddle tune. Also, a slightly different configuration of Wicked Children (including Gus, Huck, Jeff, and Sally) placed second in the neo-trad band category. Members of the band have extensive, relevant history, including major label albums; touring in the U.S., Canada, and Europe; recording and touring with Natalie Merchant; performing on Late Night with David Letterman; creating film scores for feature films; making incredible cider; and more. For more info see, www.thehorseflies.com --www.judyhyman.com -- www.j2filmmusic.com -- www.facebook.com/MillheimMusic

Finger Lakes Flatbread will be making wood-fired pizza from 4:30-8:30, and Richie Stearns will be playing from 5:30 - 8:30PM.

RICHIE STEARNS first discovered the pleasures of the old time banjo when he was 14. He’s traveled round the world, performing both traditional and his own original music, finding ways to collaborate with musicians from five continents (Africa/Asia/North America, Australia, Europe) as well as local musicians from diverse musical backgrounds (classical, jazz, country, R&B, and more). Over the past three decades, he’s written original music for film scores and dance ensembles as well his own bands (The Horse Flies, Evil City String Band, Ti Ti Chickapea, Donna the Buffalo, and the Renegades, among them) and collaborated with artists from a variety of disciplines to present public performances on stages through the U.S., Canada, and Europe, as well as on radio and television.
The list of musicians Richie’s recorded, toured, and performed with is long and diverse: among them, jazz guitarist BILL FRISELL, Malian bluesman VIEUX FARKA TOURE, North Indian Gypsy band MUSAFIR, Tibetan singer YUNGCHEN LLAMO, pop legend LINDA RONSTADT, country and bluegrass musicians (including PETER ROWAN, VASSAR CLEMENTS, TONY TRISCHKA, and JIM LAUDERDALE), Cajun groups (Michael Doucet & BEAUSOLEIL, REDSTICK RAMBLERS), Celtic bands (DE DANNAN, John Doyle of SOLAS) and Australia’s KASEY CHAMBERS as well as SAMITE of Uganda and South African Afro-pop star JOHNNY CLEGG.

We will open our Bottle Shop an additional day next week on Wednesday 11/25 from 12-5pm for your Thanksgiving holiday cider needs!

We have a curated Thanksgiving Cider Trio available and of course all of our other ciders! Stop by!

*Tastings and By The Glass ciders will not be available.

Join us as we adopt the Swiss Alpine tradition of Raclette, of melting hot cheese straight from the wheel onto your plate. We have fire pits, heat lamps, mulled cider and hot melted cheese to keep us warm and happy as the weather cools down. We will offer an a la carte Raclette menu paired with your favorite South Hill cider.

Max party size is 6.

Here is some info on Raclette from Eater:
https://www.eater.com/2017/3/3/14784844/fondue-raclette-melted-cheese-trend

Raclette has more than one definition. Raclette is a Swiss cheese dish, a cultural land mark, the name of a cheese, a table top appliance, a dining experience, a great time!
Raclette is very popular in Europe, especially in the Swiss Alps and other ski regions. And that’s where it’s said Raclette came from.

Back in the days, Swiss shepherds from the French speaking Valais region needed to bring food up to the Alps that was relative cheap and wouldn’t spoil easily in the hot summer month. So they brought cheese and potatoes. While the potatoes roasted in the fire, a big piece of cheese was put close to the fire. Once it started melting the cheese was taken away and scraped of the cheese onto the baked potatoes. This was not only filling and nourishing but also delicious. In French ‘to scrape’ translates to ‘racler’ and this is where the term Raclette comes from.

Today, few houses have an open fire place, so to simulate the process we now have Raclette Melter that hold a block or half wheel of cheese under a heating element. Once melted, the cheese is being scraped off onto the prepared potatoes.

Thank you ‘Cheeses from Switzerland’ for helping to sponsor these nights!

Join us as we adopt the Swiss Alpine tradition of Raclette, of melting hot cheese straight from the wheel onto your plate. We have fire pits, heat lamps, mulled cider and hot melted cheese to keep us warm and happy as the weather cools down. We will offer an a la carte Raclette menu paired with your favorite South Hill cider.

Max party size is 6.

Here is some info on Raclette from Eater:
https://www.eater.com/2017/3/3/14784844/fondue-raclette-melted-cheese-trend

Raclette has more than one definition. Raclette is a Swiss cheese dish, a cultural land mark, the name of a cheese, a table top appliance, a dining experience, a great time!
Raclette is very popular in Europe, especially in the Swiss Alps and other ski regions. And that’s where it’s said Raclette came from.

Back in the days, Swiss shepherds from the French speaking Valais region needed to bring food up to the Alps that was relative cheap and wouldn’t spoil easily in the hot summer month. So they brought cheese and potatoes. While the potatoes roasted in the fire, a big piece of cheese was put close to the fire. Once it started melting the cheese was taken away and scraped of the cheese onto the baked potatoes. This was not only filling and nourishing but also delicious. In French ‘to scrape’ translates to ‘racler’ and this is where the term Raclette comes from.

Today, few houses have an open fire place, so to simulate the process we now have Raclette Melter that hold a block or half wheel of cheese under a heating element. Once melted, the cheese is being scraped off onto the prepared potatoes.

Thank you ‘Cheeses from Switzerland’ for helping to sponsor these nights!

Travis writes some of the most poignant and positive songs. His lyrical imagery and energetic music is both engaging and uplifting. He is an Ithaca College grad who has done tours on foot, makes his own cider, and also can do wonders as naturally on a Steinway as a thumb piano. Long-story-short if you haven't seen him, you should!

Join us as we adopt the Swiss Alpine tradition of Raclette, of melting hot cheese straight from the wheel onto your plate. We have fire pits, heat lamps, mulled cider and hot melted cheese to keep us warm and happy as the weather cools down. We will offer an a la carte Raclette menu paired with your favorite South Hill cider.

Max party size is 6.

Here is some info on Raclette from Eater:
https://www.eater.com/2017/3/3/14784844/fondue-raclette-melted-cheese-trend

Raclette has more than one definition. Raclette is a Swiss cheese dish, a cultural land mark, the name of a cheese, a table top appliance, a dining experience, a great time!
Raclette is very popular in Europe, especially in the Swiss Alps and other ski regions. And that’s where it’s said Raclette came from.

Back in the days, Swiss shepherds from the French speaking Valais region needed to bring food up to the Alps that was relative cheap and wouldn’t spoil easily in the hot summer month. So they brought cheese and potatoes. While the potatoes roasted in the fire, a big piece of cheese was put close to the fire. Once it started melting the cheese was taken away and scraped of the cheese onto the baked potatoes. This was not only filling and nourishing but also delicious. In French ‘to scrape’ translates to ‘racler’ and this is where the term Raclette comes from.

Today, few houses have an open fire place, so to simulate the process we now have Raclette Melter that hold a block or half wheel of cheese under a heating element. Once melted, the cheese is being scraped off onto the prepared potatoes.

Thank you ‘Cheeses from Switzerland’ for helping to sponsor these nights!

Join us as we adopt the Swiss Alpine tradition of Raclette, of melting hot cheese straight from the wheel onto your plate. We have fire pits, heat lamps, mulled cider and hot melted cheese to keep us warm and happy as the weather cools down. We will offer an a la carte Raclette menu paired with your favorite South Hill cider.

Max party size is 6.

Here is some info on Raclette from Eater:
https://www.eater.com/2017/3/3/14784844/fondue-raclette-melted-cheese-trend

Raclette has more than one definition. Raclette is a Swiss cheese dish, a cultural land mark, the name of a cheese, a table top appliance, a dining experience, a great time!
Raclette is very popular in Europe, especially in the Swiss Alps and other ski regions. And that’s where it’s said Raclette came from.

Back in the days, Swiss shepherds from the French speaking Valais region needed to bring food up to the Alps that was relative cheap and wouldn’t spoil easily in the hot summer month. So they brought cheese and potatoes. While the potatoes roasted in the fire, a big piece of cheese was put close to the fire. Once it started melting the cheese was taken away and scraped of the cheese onto the baked potatoes. This was not only filling and nourishing but also delicious. In French ‘to scrape’ translates to ‘racler’ and this is where the term Raclette comes from.

Today, few houses have an open fire place, so to simulate the process we now have Raclette Melter that hold a block or half wheel of cheese under a heating element. Once melted, the cheese is being scraped off onto the prepared potatoes.

Like many musicians Tenzin, a long time local luminary in the singer-songwriter world, has not been playing many shows this year. We are very happy to be able to host him on one of our last shows of the year!

Come for the music, the cider and the tasty wood-fired pizza by Finger Lakes Flatbread!

Tenzin Chopak (vocals, guitar, piano, double bass, cello), is an artist and songwriter based in Ithaca, NY. The son of a minister and an artist, and the brother of a fellow musician and songwriter Greg Horne, Tenzin learned to love music in his father’s church in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. He studied voice, piano, and guitar in his childhood and youth, frequently performing his original music publicly. In 1999, after some years of a burgeoning devotion to the study of Tibetan language and religion, he traveled to North India. It was during his eight month stay there that he was given the name “Tenzin Chopak”. For the following twelve years, while continuing his study of Tibetan in upstate, NY, Tenzin kept music a quiet if not hidden part of his life.

Chopak now performs and records simply under his name “Tenzin Chopak”, and is known for composing and performing music across the genres of roots and progressive chamber folk, world beat influenced rock, and experimental and improvisational music including analog electronica (Moog) and trance mixed with instruments such as cello, piano, double bass, acoustic/electric guitars and voice. Most commonly, he performs with guitar and voice.

Finger Lakes Flatbread (Known from the Pizza oven at the Ithaca Farmer’s Market) will be making wood-fired pizza 2:30-6:00

We always feel so, so, so lucky when Richie swings by our tasting room for a set! Richie is coming back! Music 3:00-6:00.

RICHIE STEARNS first discovered the pleasures of the old time banjo when he was 14. He’s traveled round the world, performing both traditional and his own original music, finding ways to collaborate with musicians from five continents (Africa/Asia/North America, Australia, Europe) as well as local musicians from diverse musical backgrounds (classical, jazz, country, R&B, and more). Over the past three decades, he’s written original music for film scores and dance ensembles as well his own bands (The Horse Flies, Evil City String Band, Ti Ti Chickapea, Donna the Buffalo, and the Renegades, among them) and collaborated with artists from a variety of disciplines to present public performances on stages through the U.S., Canada, and Europe, as well as on radio and television.

The Cheese Course returns for their 3rd annual Cider Week FLX cheese dinner at South Hill Cider!

Friday 10/9 6:30 - 8:30 pm

We have a nice tent set up for safe pandemic-era dinner service with a beautiful view of the orchard and Cayuga Valley!

Join us for a celebration of Cider Week in the Finger Lakes. This year The Cheese Course cheese chefs, Laura Sutter & Rachel Freier invite pastry chef and Tasting Room manager Sara May to join in on the creative menu process of cooking with cheese and cider. The theme is WINTER IS COMING! Let's embrace cheese as the comforting food it is meant to be and get ready for winter! We will celebrate winter alpine traditions of cheese with our own creative twists paired of course with South Hill Ciders. Not all cheeses are created equal and when it comes to warm and melty comfort food, alpine cheeses are the best.

In order to help us offer a safe dining experience with proper social distancing and precautions we do request that you limit your party size to 4. Reservations must be made in full with # of guests in your party. Seating is limited and there will be no add on seats allowed after reservation.Please note we do require you wear your mask to the dinner and in between courses to allow our staff to serve you safely.

We have some very high quality cheese sponsors that have provided us that ability to share some incredible cheese with you!

This dinner is sponsored in part by Le Gruyere AOP and Tete De Moine AOP.  

Finger Lakes Flatbread (Known from the Pizza oven at the Ithaca Farmer’s Market) will be making wood-fired pizza from 4:00-8:00

This is a specially scheduled pizza / music night due to the rain-out on Thursday.

We always feel so, so, so lucky when Richie swings by our tasting room for a set! He was scheduled to play in March when we went ‘on pause’ . Now that we have all learned how to practice social distancing and have re-opened Richie is coming back! Music 3:00-6:00.

RICHIE STEARNS first discovered the pleasures of the old time banjo when he was 14. He’s traveled round the world, performing both traditional and his own original music, finding ways to collaborate with musicians from five continents (Africa/Asia/North America, Australia, Europe) as well as local musicians from diverse musical backgrounds (classical, jazz, country, R&B, and more). Over the past three decades, he’s written original music for film scores and dance ensembles as well his own bands (The Horse Flies, Evil City String Band, Ti Ti Chickapea, Donna the Buffalo, and the Renegades, among them) and collaborated with artists from a variety of disciplines to present public performances on stages through the U.S., Canada, and Europe, as well as on radio and television.
The list of musicians Richie’s recorded, toured, and performed with is long and diverse: among them, jazz guitarist BILL FRISELL, Malian bluesman VIEUX FARKA TOURE, North Indian Gypsy band MUSAFIR, Tibetan singer YUNGCHEN LLAMO, pop legend LINDA RONSTADT, country and bluegrass musicians (including PETER ROWAN, VASSAR CLEMENTS, TONY TRISCHKA, and JIM LAUDERDALE), Cajun groups (Michael Doucet & BEAUSOLEIL, REDSTICK RAMBLERS), Celtic bands (DE DANNAN, John Doyle of SOLAS) and Australia’s KASEY CHAMBERS as well as SAMITE of Uganda and South African Afro-pop star JOHNNY CLEGG.

Finger Lakes Flatbread (Known from the Pizza oven at the Ithaca Farmer’s Market) will be making wood-fired pizza from 4:30-8:30

We always feel so, so, so lucky when Richie swings by our tasting room for a set! He was scheduled to play in March when we went ‘on pause’ . Now that we have all learned how to practice social distancing and have re-opened Richie is coming back! Music 5:30-8:30

RICHIE STEARNS first discovered the pleasures of the old time banjo when he was 14. He’s traveled round the world, performing both traditional and his own original music, finding ways to collaborate with musicians from five continents (Africa/Asia/North America, Australia, Europe) as well as local musicians from diverse musical backgrounds (classical, jazz, country, R&B, and more). Over the past three decades, he’s written original music for film scores and dance ensembles as well his own bands (The Horse Flies, Evil City String Band, Ti Ti Chickapea, Donna the Buffalo, and the Renegades, among them) and collaborated with artists from a variety of disciplines to present public performances on stages through the U.S., Canada, and Europe, as well as on radio and television.
The list of musicians Richie’s recorded, toured, and performed with is long and diverse: among them, jazz guitarist BILL FRISELL, Malian bluesman VIEUX FARKA TOURE, North Indian Gypsy band MUSAFIR, Tibetan singer YUNGCHEN LLAMO, pop legend LINDA RONSTADT, country and bluegrass musicians (including PETER ROWAN, VASSAR CLEMENTS, TONY TRISCHKA, and JIM LAUDERDALE), Cajun groups (Michael Doucet & BEAUSOLEIL, REDSTICK RAMBLERS), Celtic bands (DE DANNAN, John Doyle of SOLAS) and Australia’s KASEY CHAMBERS as well as SAMITE of Uganda and South African Afro-pop star JOHNNY CLEGG.

Join us for freshly smoked pig roast! We'll be serving delicious, local barbecue sandwiches as well as Colombian-style dinner platters with tostones and house chimichurri!

We all practice safe social-distancing while attending this event. We ask that everyone wear a mask when you are not sitting down to eat and drink.

Van Noble Farm's Menu will be available for PRE-ORDER on Monday, July 13th! Find the pre-order link at their website vannoblefarm.com

Finger Lakes Flatbread (Know from the Pizza oven at the Ithaca Farmer’s Market) will be making wood-fired pizza from 4:30-8:30

Sam Schmidt and Cap Cooke are a dynamic duo that knows how to have fun. The spirit of joy in the music they play is palpable and positive. Grounded in old-school Bluegrass and old-time music, they carry on an unbroken musical tradition that has fermented in Tompkins County for generations. Banjo, fiddle, guitar, ballads, harmonies….. Need I say more?

Finger Lakes Flatbread (Know from the Pizza oven at the Ithaca Farmer’s Market) will be making wood-fired pizza from 4:30-8:30

We always feel so, so, so lucky when Richie swings by our tasting room for a set! He was scheduled to play in March when we went ‘on pause’ . Now that we have all learned how to practice social distancing and have re-opened Richie is coming back!

RICHIE STEARNS first discovered the pleasures of the old time banjo when he was 14. He’s traveled round the world, performing both traditional and his own original music, finding ways to collaborate with musicians from five continents (Africa/Asia/North America, Australia, Europe) as well as local musicians from diverse musical backgrounds (classical, jazz, country, R&B, and more). Over the past three decades, he’s written original music for film scores and dance ensembles as well his own bands (The Horse Flies, Evil City String Band, Ti Ti Chickapea, Donna the Buffalo, and the Renegades, among them) and collaborated with artists from a variety of disciplines to present public performances on stages through the U.S., Canada, and Europe, as well as on radio and television.
The list of musicians Richie’s recorded, toured, and performed with is long and diverse: among them, jazz guitarist BILL FRISELL, Malian bluesman VIEUX FARKA TOURE, North Indian Gypsy band MUSAFIR, Tibetan singer YUNGCHEN LLAMO, pop legend LINDA RONSTADT, country and bluegrass musicians (including PETER ROWAN, VASSAR CLEMENTS, TONY TRISCHKA, and JIM LAUDERDALE), Cajun groups (Michael Doucet & BEAUSOLEIL, REDSTICK RAMBLERS), Celtic bands (DE DANNAN, John Doyle of SOLAS) and Australia’s KASEY CHAMBERS as well as SAMITE of Uganda and South African Afro-pop star JOHNNY CLEGG.

Pre-order here and select a pickup time between 12pm and 6pm, Sunday 5/31/20 to best suit your Sunday cider sipping needs:

Top 3 reasons to order through this event:

1. The ciders are chilled for you, and ready at the time of your choosing! Perfect to grab after hiking, being on the water, or cuddling up with a book!

2. Access to exclusive ciders from our other label, Phonograph, which are not normally sold on our online store. Get the new Rose, or the always popular Greening, or try the finest local cider in a can: Harvest (sold in 4-packs only, perfect for hikes)!

3. Sparkling cider is PERFECT for picnics because you don't need a corkscrew! But if you want to round out the South Hill Cider tasting experience you miss so much, be sure to get some of our branded tasting glasses in the merch section.

https://southhillcider.square.site/s/order

Wood-fired Pizza and Cider To-Go this Sunday! Stone Bend Farm will be at South Hill Cider's parking lot for Heart-filled/contact-less/to-go pizza and cider! Place orders ahead of time & choose your time slot for pickup here: https://southhillcider.square.site/s/order

We are also located on the Finger Lakes Trail and next to the Thayer and Sweedler Preserves of the Finger Lakes Land Trust. So you can make a whole afternoon out of it if you want to take a hike as well.

We cannot encourage anyone to linger at the cidery until we Re-open in Mid-June, but you are welcome to hike the FLT.

We are located right next to the FLT Lick Brook Gorge preserves in Ithaca. Join the staff of the Finger Lakes Land Trust at South Hill Cider to learn about FLLT land and water conservation projects in the Cayuga Lake watershed from Executive Director Andy Zepp.  South Hill owner Steve Selin will also discuss his experiences growing and foraging for apples in the Finger Lakes region, and explore how saving lands and waters is important for the cider renaissance.

Meet and mingle with staff and friends over a glass of cider and support conservation at the same time!  South Hill Cider will donate a percentage of proceeds from the event to the Land Trust.  In addition, $4 from the sale of each Old-time cider bottle and Bluegrass cider bottle will be donated to the Land Trust, while supplies last.