SANDFORD ORCHARDS
BARNY BUTTERFIELD IS A MAN ON A MISSION.
SET IN THE HEART OF DEVON AND JUST A FEW MILES FROM DAW HQ, BRITAIN’S OLDEST WORKING CIDER MILL IS A SIGHT TO BEHOLD… AND SMELL!
SOURCING APPLES FROM ANCIENT ORCHARDS AND LOCAL SMALLHOLDINGS, THE FRUIT IS SORTED BY HAND AND THEN PRESSED. THE CIDER IS A MAINSTAY ON BARS ACROSS THE SOUTH WEST AND THEIR NEVER-ENDING HAUL OF AWARDS SPEAKS FOR ITSELF.
WE’VE WORKED WITH SANDFORD FOR THE LAST TEN YEARS TO HELP THEM KEEP THIS SPECIAL BUILDING COOL IN THE SUMMER AND WELL VENTILATED IN THE WINTER.
USING CHERRY PICKERS TO ACCESS A TIGHT SPACE JUST BENEATH THE MAIN ROOF, THROUGH WINTER 2025 WE INSTALLED AIR CONDITIONING FOR THEIR NEW BOARDROOM THAT SITS PROUDLY ABOVE THE MASSIVE FERMENTING VESSELS.
“CRISS-CROSSED BY ANCIENT ORCHARDS AND BOUND BY ITS OWN MICROCLIMATE, SANDFORD WAS CREATED TO PRODUCE GREAT CIDER.”
SLOW FOOD UK