New name and expansion for BX Press Cidery (Photo credit: Cambium Cideo Co.)

By Pete McIntyre

New restaurant

New name and expansion for Vernon cidery

Sep 7, 2022 | 4:30 AM

A growing Vernon business is celebrating a milestone with a new name.

The BX Press Cidery, which turns apples into popular ciders at their orchard on East Vernon Road, turns ten years old this fall.

The family business, owned by Dave and Missy Dobernigg, are turning the page on a new chapter, changing the name to the Cambium Cider Co., or more simply, as the restaurant is refered to, “Cambium.”

“With the launching of its new farm-to-table restaurant, the business felt it was time to focus on a new narrative; one that can celebrate the orchard’s recent transition to organic production, the much awaited restaurant, and the branch-to-bottle artisan ciders,” a news release from Cambium stated.

New name and expansion for Vernon cidery (Photo credit: Cambium Cider Co.)

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As for the new name, the Dobernigg’s explain that cambium is the living layer of a tree where energy, growth, and connection occur.

“Cambium seemed a fitting way to shift the focus to the heart of our farm – the orchard – and the connection it provides to all of us with the land, our food, and one another,” said the owners.

The new labels are watercolour renditions of cross-sections from Spartan trees from the third generation orchard, each tree ring depicting the cambium layer from that year of growth, showing each year of provision from the tree.

The new sign, made by Nancy Wilde of Wilde Signs in Vernon, was installed Tuesday and depicts the company’s new logo showing the tree-rings of an apple tree.

The orchard itself will continue to be referred to as “BX Orchard” as an homage to the area and the legacy of the business until now.

The company is welcoming Christian Scott as chef and part owner in the restaurant. Scott has worked with the company for two seasons and prior to that, in Okanagan winery restaurants and European kitchens. The heart of the restaurant features a wood-fired grille, allowing for a contemporary yet rustic menu, and a departure from pizza.

After being shut down most of the season for construction on the new space, the cidery is ready to slowly open part of the new indoor dining space this weekend. The restaurant has limited dinner reservations on a small soft-opening menu for the first half of September.

Reservations for the second half of September will open on the 18th. The business will also be opening to bookings in late September for small events and Christmas parties starting in late October.

Going forward, the business hours will be: Thursday to Saturday: 5-9 for dinner (reservations required online) and Friday to Sunday: 12-5 cider and charcuterie – walk-ins

Apples will still be available for purchase, but the horticultural season is very late and an estimate is late September at the soonest.

The business will be open until mid December.

Learn more at www.cambiumcider.com.