FOR CHEF TURNED CIDER MAKER, COMPLEXITY IS A VIRTUE
Her craft cider is a hit, spreading like a tongue-tingling wave across the Long Beach peninsula. But there was a moment when she still had doubts.
In launching Ilwaco Cider Co., Vinessa Karnofski opted to go bold from the start, ignoring the advice of someone who’d spent years in the hard cider business. He thought she should simplify her complex recipes.
“That’s not me,” she told him. “I can’t do that.”