Small Business Success Story - Nine Pin Cider
Each year the New York Small Business Development Center recognizes outstanding small businesses in a variety of ways. This Success Story from the Albany SBDC appears in our 2016 Annual Report . Alejandro and Sonya del Peral Nine Pin Cider Albany SBDC Nine Pin is a craft cider company based in downtown Albany. Established in 2013, Nine Pin is dedicated to creating exceptional off-dry ciders, and to the orchards that make them possible. Apple varieties are carefully selected and blended to achieve a complex, balanced flavor with a clean and pleasantly drinkable finish. Located in the Warehouse District of downtown Albany, Nine Pin Cider is the first cider manufacturer to be awarded a NYS Farm Cidery license in the state. Nine Pin sources apples exclusively from farms in the Capital Region and Hudson Valley. Founders Alejandro and Sonya del Peral are a dynamic mother and son duo that have fostered the development a