Grandpa’s Cellar, Apple Hill, Camino, Ca.~~~ fun, food, shopping and lots of apple pie!
This year, Apple Hill in El Dorado County, celebrated its 50 year anniversary, 50 years of Farming, Friendship and Fun!
Every year, hundreds of people visit this well-known festivity from all over the area to include Placerville, Lake Tahoe, Sacramento, Carson City, etc., cities within a short distance, who look forward to this family fun event ! October through December is harvest season for apple pie during the holidays! Over 34 farms participating, part of the Apple Hill Growers Association, 7 vineyards, and 8 christmas tree farms. You will find that the amazingly delicious applie pies, apple turnovers, applie ciders, are from the popular brands of apples including golden delicious, gala, fuji, granny smith, to name a few. You receive a guided map where you drive down various country roads and stop at each marked location. Kid’s Inc., has a corn maze for kids, as well as farm animals, crafts and apple pie. You can literally spend the entire day shopping and having fun with the family!
My first stop was the country store, ‘The Apple Cellar at Grandpa’s Cellar’. This is a lovely store with beautiful, decorative holiday items for the holidays. You’ll also find apple butters, jams, syrups, apple cinnamon sauce that can be arranged in gift boxes and shipped anywhere. This store and Grandpa’s Cellar are owned by the Scheuner family farm since 1978. I met Bill 
Scheuner, owner,who is a delightful, warm gentleman and he takes great pride in his farm and employee’s. He took me on a tour of their facility. I sampled a carmel apple bar, apple crisp, french apple pie and rasberry sour cream pie…..need I say more! You can call or order online from the selection of double crusted pies; caramel apple pie, cranberry orange apple pie, cinnamon red hot apple pie, giant 7 lb apple pie or pre-baked specialty pies; pumpkin cream cheese pie, sour cream apple pie, pumpkin apple pie, pecan crunch apple pie. They are open 10-5 daily throughThanksgiving, then Friday, Saturday and Sunday through December. Call Grandpa’s cellar at (530) 644-2153 or their website.
Upcoming event
November 5- Apple Hill Harvest Run: Grandpa’s Cellar offers a free bakery treat and glass of Barsotti’s apple cider to all Harvest Runners and Walkers wearing their t-shirt. We thank you for participating in our fund raiser for Camino Elementary School.
December 1 – Dec 14 — Open Friday, Saturday, and Sunday from 10-5
What is unique about Grandpa’s Cellar? A park-like setting is unique. Over an acre of lawn under the apple trees makes for a unique experience for the visitors. Tours are unique to Grandpa’s Cellar. They offer tours for all ages, preschoolers to Red Hat Ladies to a bus of retirees. Each comprehensive educational tour is designed to inform based on the interest and age of the group. Pat Scheuner, one of the owners, has a Lifetime California Teacher’s Credential and is committed to providing a learning experience. Son, Bill has a Horticulture degree and Dad Bill retired from a forestry career. The tours are by appointment and suitable for all ages. The tours are educational, as we want people to know where their food comes from, how it is grown, work of the orchard, tools, etc. Grandpa’s Cellar is a proud member of Slow Food USA; an organization dedicated to the preservation and enjoyment of traditional and artisanal foods and the advocacy of sustainability. They feel that their “from scratch” specialty bakery and the sale of fresh picked, tree-ripened Apple Hill apples during the harvest season is helping to encourage the preservation of local and seasonal foods. For 37 years the owners have introduced a new item each year. Their motto is, “There is always something new at Grandpa’s Cellar!” . Gluten free Fruit Crisp is new this year. Hand rolled, hand fluted, hand crafted variety of apple pies are our specialty. 17 different varieties of apple pie are featured plus other old timed favorites like dumplings, crisp and strudel. The Country Store at Grandpa’s Cellar is also unique. Grandpa’s Cellar products are all made on the premises. There are 4 different types of Apple Butter made the slow old-fashioned way. People are invited to “create their own” gift boxes and baskets. Shipping service is available. Their internet “Apple Cellar” should be up and running soon. All our ranch made products will be available online.
Nature Trail Grandpa’s Cellar has a special trail along a creek that is about 200 feet. The two Bill’s maintain this trail and identify the native plants with signs telling the common and scientific names plus uses of the plant. The trail is a short stroll filled with information on the plants of our area.
Educational Tours They provide tours by reservation Wed – Fri, 10:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. The tours are educational as they want people to know where their food comes from, how apples are grown, work of the orchard, tools, etc. $1.00 per person