Ferme des Hêtres apple juices, Hesbaye in a glass
In Rosoux-Crenwick, apples from a family farm become juices, including a naturally pink version linked to the Red Love variety.
An orchard in the Waremme district
Ferme des Hêtres stands in Rosoux-Crenwick, in the municipality of Berloz. Discovering local produce here can take the form of apple juice rather than alcohol. The local connection is tangible: the juices presented by the farm use apples from its orchards. Fruit and transformation become two stages of one story.
It is a good stop for reading the Hesbaye landscape. Beyond the image of broad arable fields are orchards, variety choices and harvests destined for several uses. A bottle extends the discovery at home without replacing an orchard encounter with a simple regional-product label.
Three generations and trees as a sign
The Goffin family's story begins when Joseph took over the farm in the 1960s. His grandsons Alexandre and Nicolas continue with their parents. The farm diversified its crops, including fruit. This is therefore not an orchard unchanged for centuries, but successive adaptations.
The farm name recalls the purple beeches marking the place. This detail provides an enjoyable thread: before looking at what is drunk, look at what grows and serves as a landscape reference. A tree becomes a sign and a way of recognising an agricultural address.
Why can juice be pink?
The range includes naturally pink apple juice whose colour comes from the red flesh of the Red Love variety. It is fruit juice, not rosé wine. The visual contrast recalls that apples are not one taste or colour: variety matters as much as the general idea of an orchard.
To discover the juices, serve small quantities in clear glasses and compare colour, sweetness and liveliness. These are tasting pointers, not a promise of identical aromas every harvest. Weather, fruit and any blending can create different expressions: ask the farm what distinguishes the products offered.
From the farm to your table
Juices easily accompany snacks, picnics or breakfast. They also introduce a local producer to people not wishing to drink alcohol. Check current stockists and information before travelling; fresh fruit and other crops are not available in the same way year-round.
The photograph shows apples and apple juice without attribution to Berloz orchards or a farm bottle. It illustrates the product, not its production location. To buy a particular version, seek the Ferme des Hêtres name and check the label: the link with the farm deserves to be as clear as the pleasure in the glass.
Photos and credits
Photo 1 — Apples and apple juice photographed in March 2012; generic illustration, not a photograph of Ferme des Hêtres or its bottles. nikontino · CC BY 2.0 · Source.
