Power of Two: Matthew Vasilev and Katie Selbee of Twin Island Cider

Power of Two: Matthew Vasilev and Katie Selbee of Twin Island Cider

Owners Katie Selbee and Matthew Vasilev drink their cider

Matthew Vasilev and Katie Selbee (Twin Island Cider)

July 14, 2022

“We met at UBC Farm over eight years ago – I was completing a Sustainable Farming Practicum there and Matthew was a new farm volunteer.”

Katie Selbee, a UBC Farm Practicum grad, and Matthew Vasilev, a former volunteer at the Farm, run Twin Island Cider together on Pender Island, where they make low-intervention apple and perry (pear) cider fermented using native yeasts.

Read more about how they balance cider making, orchard tending, and business running at Scout Magazine.