Wooden Gate Cider
Pam and Clint Cavers are the heart and soul behind Wooden Gate Cider. With a deep love for the land and Clint's expertise in brewing, they've turned their farm into a thriving orchard, where they craft exceptional, traditional ciders that celebrate the rich flavors of Manitoba.
They believe great cider starts with great fruit. Every bottle of Wooden Gate Cider is made from 100% Manitoba-grown apples and fruits, creating premium small-batch ciders featuring unique, flavourful blends. No shortcuts, no compromises â just pure, flavourful cider.
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The story behind Wooden Gate Cider
Wooden Gate is a Manitoba cidery near Pilot Mound, in the rolling country of the Pembina River valley. Pam and Clint Cavers, who had farmed the land for decades, turned a cider-making hobby into a licensed business at the end of the 2010s.
It is a genuinely rare thing on the prairies: a small, family-run estate cidery pressing its own fruit.
Manitoba apples, prairie fruit
The ciders start with 100 percent Manitoba apples, made in small batches on the family's own land. Nothing here comes from far away.
What sets them apart is the prairie fruit that finds its way in, from chokecherries and saskatoons to rhubarb. The result is cider with a real sense of place, the kind of thing you can only make where these fruits grow.
Frequently asked questions
What is Wooden Gate Cider known for?
Wooden Gate is a small Manitoba estate cidery known for craft cider made from 100 percent Manitoba apples, often blended with prairie fruits like chokecherry, saskatoon, and rhubarb. It is family-run near Pilot Mound.
Where is Wooden Gate Cider?
Near Pilot Mound, Manitoba, in the Pembina River valley in the southwest of the province. It sits on a couple of hundred acres of farmland the Cavers family has worked for years.
What makes prairie cider different?
Beyond apples, Wooden Gate folds in fruits that grow wild and tame across the prairies, like chokecherries and saskatoon berries. Those give the cider colours and flavours you will not find in a standard apple cider.