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As part of our BALT-FIN-CIDER project, we’re hosting an online webinar: "Introduction to the Australian Market." on August 28, 2025, 10:00–12:00 (EEST)
This is the first in a series of webinars designed to prepare you for exporting to Australia. We are organising it in collaboration with Gabe Cook (UK), one of the leading international cider experts, also known as The Ciderologist. The webinar is a great chance to gain first-hand insights into the cider landscape in Australia.
Registration link: https://forms.gle/Qbvz4p8Snfd5pwnf7
We kindly ask you to complete your registration by August 13.
Discover unique military heritage sites across Lithuania and Latvia – from bunkers and battlefields to military towns, museums, and memorials.
The Baltic Cider brand was created through a joint project to open the Australian market to craft ciders from Latvia, Estonia, and Finland. As part of the project, cider makers will be invited to training sessions on export processes, while in Australia, over the course of three years, special marketing and tasting events will be organized to introduce potential distributors to the Baltic Cider brand ciders.
More information on how to apply to the Baltic Cider brand: https://www.celotajs.lv/en/news/item/view/1428
This is an open call for craft cider producers interested in joining the Central Baltic Programme project “Exports of the Baltic and Finnish Craft Ciders to Australia”, No. CB0700297 (BALT-FIN-CIDER), which aims to launch exports of craft ciders from Latvia, Estonia and Finland to Australia under a common Baltic Cider brand.
On June 11, Gabe Cook, a ciderologist from the United Kingdom, led a training session "Qualitative experience on the impact of terroir on cider, how to use it in story telling for visitors" - how to welcome the visitors, making the stories and info for the visitors about the cider - explaining about the reason where the apples grow and why Baltic cider is so special in the taste and variety.
From October 6–10, 2025, tour operators and media representatives from the UK are invited to explore nature tourism opportunities in Latvia and Estonia during a FAM trip organized by Baltic Nature Tourism. The curated itinerary showcases seasonal highlights such as bird migration, bog landscapes, sauna traditions, and local gastronomy. Participants will travel from Tallinn to Riga, experiencing authentic nature-based tourism products suitable for international markets
Last week, from June 10th to 11th, the third partner meeting of the “Baltic Cider” project took place in Vidzeme, gathering project partners and cider producers from Latvia and Estonia. During the meeting, marketing activities were discussed, as well as piloting and analysis processes, along with the development of a terroir map.
Project partners and cider makers from Latvia, Estonia, and Finland met in Riga to discuss the upcoming activities and shared goals of the BALT-FIN-CIDER project. Over the course of three years, we plan to introduce our ciders to the Australian market and for the cider makers – to start sales.
We invite you to participate in the Baltic Hiking Tourism Conference and a group hike on May 23–24 this year in Apšuciems.
This Baltic States conference focuses on environmental accessibility and presents the implemented solutions in the Baltic Coastal Hiking Route (Jūrtaka) and the Forest Trail (Mežtaka).
The conference is organized by LLTA "Lauku ceļotājs" together with partners from Latvia and Estonia, within the project "Improving the Accessibility of the Forest Trail and the Baltic Coastal Hiking Route for Different Social Groups."
On the border between East and West in Europe, the Baltic countries — Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia — have stood for their independence over the past 100 years. Military heritage tourism uncovers this story, highlighting the Baltic role in European geopolitical processes from the end of World War I to the present day. We are pleased to invite media representatives to participate in the upcoming media tour taking place from 25 to 29 August 2025, focusing on military heritage sites in Latvia and Lithuania.
