a friendly new Manx company
Apple Orphanage Company Limited is new and we want to do things differently.
We've been working on the ideas behind Apple Orphanage and our products for a long time...
Hopefully, you can find everything you want to know on our site, but as we are very new we realise we may have missed something. If you want to know anything more get in touch here or join our mailing list for the latest news.
Who are we?
We're Will Faulds and Charlotte Traynor. We formed Apple Orphanage Company Limited in October 2009.
Will was born and raised on the Isle of Man and introduced Charlotte to the Island in 2007. They've lived together at The Lynague farm ever since.
Will's been making cider and wine at The Lynague, from home grown fruit, for nearly 6 years. Will started with apple wine, utilising the surplus apples from The Lynague orchard - we both hate to see good things go to waste - particularly apples - Will loves apples! We've trialled wines from every fruit, flower or bush you can imagine. Our personal favourites have been: blackcurrant, plum, gooseberry, and elderflower. We like to make the most of our natural resources wherever possible. You can learn more about us and our story on our blog.
We're passionate about keeping things natural and free from chemicals - we've realised you can make something taste great, if not better, without them and who wants to drink chemicals?
We also believe it's important to make the most of our existing local resources; so when we need any ingredients or services we try to source them on the Island. The Isle of Man has great potential to be self sufficient and we try our hardest to make people realise that great things are, and can be, grown here.
Over the last 3 years we've entertained the somewhat radical possibility of producing our drinks commercially. This year we decided to go for it; so here we are today: Apple Orphanage Company Limited, made-wine, cider and apple juice producers!
Will & Charlotte
