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What's Brewing Along Normandy's Cider Route

All this week Jaunted contributor Eric Rosen will be filling us in on his recent field trip, drinking his way through France. Any questions about what he saw, did and drank? Let us know.

Most people think of Martinelli’s as the apple cider of choice, but this bubbly sweet drink has far more delicious (and alcoholic) origins in the northern French regions of Normandy and Brittany.

Just a few hours’ drive from Paris, past Rouen and to the south of Caen, lies Normandy’s famed "Route du Cidre," or Cider Road, in the heart of the Pays D’Auge. The Route follows a sort of circular path down 40 kilometers of winding country roads bordered by apple orchards and horse farms. You can tell you’re going in the right direction by the signs with a huge red apple on them, and panels advertising "Cru de Cambremer."

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