Seven years into her career as a professional cider maker, Christine’s company Bauman’s Cider
has four consecutive titles of Mid-sized Cidery of the Year at both of the most prestigious cider
competitions in the US. She is a fifth generation farmer, growing apples and making them into
cider in the beautiful Willamette Valley, Oregon.
Christine is the President of the Board of Directors for the American Cider Association and a
board member of the Cider Institute of North America. She is driven by an intense passion to
move the bar upwards in both supply of and demand for cider, increasing access for makers
and consumers to great fruit, fair markets and ever increasing quality of ciders.
She is always dragging around her family and friends, in search of new favorite ciders and
producers, tirelessly scouring the globe for the next perfect glass of apple-fermented magic.