Our story begins in 1805, when a local farmers co-operative formed to make cider at Norton Fitzwarren, just outside Taunton. In 1912 the business became The Taunton Cider Company Ltd. The company grew and grew over the years. By 1992 the company enjoyed a share of over 1/3 of the UK market, which itself had grown four fold, in no small part due to the Taunton Cider marketing drive.

In 1994 it was taken over by Matthew Clark plc. and production of all brands was transferred to their Shepton Mallett plant. The Norton Fitzwarren site finally closed in 1998. The Taunton Cider Company effectively disappeared until it was re-registered in 2015 by a group of cider enthusiasts. The first bottles of the re-born company rolled off the cider press in November 2016.

At Taunton Cider we pride ourselves on only using apples grown in traditional orchards within a 30 mile radius of our office in central Taunton, right in the heart of Somerset.