Pomona Award

The Pomona Award is named after the Roman Goddess of apples, and is presented during October: CAMRA's Cider and Perry Month.

Much consideration and deliberation goes into each entrant and it must be noted that the Pomona Award is not automatically awarded annually as it may be decided, after long discussion that no presentation will be made. In essence the Pomona Award is presented by CAMRA to the person, people, place or thing who has done the most to promote real cider or perry over the previous 12 months or for ongoing work to promote cider and perry.

Each winner is set out below and again commended for their diverse range of activities and commitment to real cider and perry.

Pomona Award 2011

CAMRA lauded praise on the National Collection of Cider and Perry at Middle Farm, near Lewes, East Sussex, presenting the outlet with its Pomona Award 2011 for an outstanding contribution to the cider and perry industry. Read the Press Release.

Pomona Award - Previous Winners

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YEAR	CLASS	WINNER
2011	Pomona Award	National Collection of Cider and Perry Middle Farm, Firle, Lewes, East Sussex This formidable collection was a stand-out winner this year, as no-where else in Britain offers such a selection of real cider and perry in such a variety of styles. For the first time drinker or the cider enthusiast, the National Collection of Cider and Perry is the definitive place to visit to sample and buy the best produce from around Britain and learn more about Britain's historic cider and perry making industry thanks to the knowledge of the staff who work at Middle Farm.
2010	Pomona Award	Richard Knibbs Ye Olde Cider Bar, Newton Abbot Richard Knibbs, licensee of Ye Olde Cider Bar, Newton Abbot won CAMRA's national Pomona Award for his dedication to real cider and perry over the last 40 year. He has provided the community of Newton Abbot with an outstanding range of quality real cider and perry for the last 40 years in a bar that has changed very little in the last 100 years.
2009	Pomona Award	Mike Johnson; Ross-on-Wye Cider and Perry Company Broome Farm, Peterstow, Herefordshire Mike Johnson, owner of the Ross-on-Wye Cider and Perry Company at Broome Farm, Peterstow, Herefordshire, won CAMRA's prestigious award after a series of glowing nominations from CAMRA members and people within the cider and perry industry. Johnson was singled out particularly for his work in nurturing new talent in the cider world.
2008	Pomona Award	Roger Wilkins, Wilkins Cider Land's End Farm, Mudgley, Wedmore, Somerset BS28 4TU Somerset-based farmhouse cidermaker who learnt his trade at his grandfather's knee. Roger has been making cider since 1969, and wining CAMRA awards since the 1980's, notably taking the Cider of the Year accolade at both the 1988 and 1989 Great British Beer Festival. A unique and dedicated individual with a passion for his products which is hard to equal.
2007	Pomona Award	The BIG APPLE Organising Committee Putley, Herefordshire For their unflagging support and involvement with real cider and perry by hosting Blossom Time and Harvest Time for over 15 years which are both an exhibition and a celebration.
2006	Pomona Award	Jon Hallam and Jon Reeks - Joint Award J.Hallam and Merrylegs respectively For distributing real ciders & perries nationwide and supplying pubs & beer festivals with a range which would not otherwise be obtainable and encouraging farmers to produce cider & perry, few of whom could survive as cidermakers if they were forced to rely on farm gate sales alone.
2005	Pomona Award	Dunkertons Cider Co., Ivor and Susie Dunkerton For their tireless work establishing cider and perry as a premium product since 1979, being the first producer in Herefordshire to be awarded soil association certification in 1988 and their extensive orcharding work.
2004	Pomona Award	No Award Made.
2003	Pomona Award	Cymdeithas Perai Seidr Cymru (Welsh Perry and Cider Society) For raising the profile of Welsh Cider and Perry, arranging an annual competition for Welsh Producers, encouraging the planting of trees, identifying old varieties, and ensuring more pubs sell real cider and perry.
2002	Pomona Award	Paul Johnson, Johnson's Farmhouse Cider Cowstead Farm, Lower Road, Queenborough Road, Minster, Isle of Sheppey, Kent ME12 3RL For having the vision to plant an orchard of 50+ standard cider apple trees with a dozen different varieties.
2001	Pomona Award	Rod Marsh - The National Collection of Cider and Perry Middle Farm, Firle, Lewes, E Sussex, www.middlefarm.com However Rod Marsh declined the award stating “My own contribution to cider in the UK is in its infancy compared to those whose families have striven to make out national beverage through several generations, laying before a very often indifferent British drinking public, cider of consistently superb quality, only to have it ignored in favour of the marketing men's latest brand. We need to wake up as a nation and appreciate what we have. If in a few years it can be reasonably argued that I have been actively instrumental, in some small way, in having brought about such an awakening, then please do not hesitate to offer the Pomona again.”
2000	Pomona Award	No Award Made.
1999	Pomona Award	Kevin Minchew, Minchew's Real Cider & Perry For his dedication to tracing old often thought lost varieties of cider and perry fruit and ensuring they continue to be celebrated and enjoyed as real cider and perry.
1998	Pomona Award	Gerry Alton at Brogdale Home of the National Soft Fruit Collection, Faversham, Kent For establishing Brogdale as a main genetic pool of cider and perry fruit and providing an excellent service to growers and producers.