Coco's Cider Craft: From Apples to Art

In the foothills of Vermont’s Champlain Valley, Coco Dupont turns apple season into a kind of art. What begins as a simple gathering of family, friends, and fallen fruit becomes a sensory exploration of taste, patience, and process. "Coco’s Cider Craft: From Apples to Art" is a short documentary that captures her deep affection for nature, her fascination with fermentation, and her delight in transforming the ordinary into something quietly extraordinary.

Filmed over a crisp October weekend in Charlotte, Vermont, the story follows Coco through every stage of her craft—from selecting apples of every shape and pedigree, to pressing, fermenting, and tasting the final golden pour. Her narration weaves insight and humor with the tactile rhythms of work: the hum of the press, the clink of glass carboys, the steady patience of waiting for natural yeast to do its work.

What emerges is more than a portrait of homemade cider; it’s a meditation on creativity itself—how curiosity, imperfection, and persistence combine to make something both personal and shareable. The film honors the small rituals that connect us to the land and to one another: a brother lending a hand, a friend operating the press, the sweet chaos of bees and apples and laughter.

As with much of Zulakis Creative’s documentary work, "Coco’s Cider Craft" celebrates craft as character. It reminds us that art can rise from the everyday—from the scent of ripened apples, the pulse of Vermont’s autumn light, and the ancient, bubbling music of transformation.