MIDDLEBURY — Vermont Cider Company, one of Middlebury’s bigger manufacturing concerns, will be sold to a group of investors who joined forces specifically to purchase the maker of Woodchuck Hard Cider. Northeast Drinks Group LLC, a privately owned holding company, on Monday announced that it will buy Vermont Cider Company from the Irish drinks conglomerate C&C Group PLC for $20 million, according to Bridget Blacklock, vice president of Sales and Marketing at Vermont Cider Company. C&C bought Vermont Hard Ci … (read more)
