Gethin planted his first apple pip in 1990 at the age of 8. Who would have thought that many years later he would plant another seed, not of a tree but of a budding cyder business! The apple tree is now fully grown and after its fragrant pink blossom it bears small sweet apples. Just as that tree; Gethin’s hobby of cyder making has now rooted itself and is nicely in fruition.

In the autumn of 2002, already a keen home-brewer and tired of the same old chemical ridden industrial ciders, Gethin decided to attempt to make cider for the first time under the name of “Sudd Cwmpo Drosto” (falling over juice).

In 2007 production was once again increased when Gethin agreed to take the reins of his friend’s cider making project called the Abbey Apple Co-operative in St Dogmaels.

The business name was then changed from “Sudd Cwmpo Drosto” to “Gethin’s Cyder”.