Cider makers, what do you want for Christmas?

What do you want for Christmas this year? Anything equipment you wish someone had given you when you started out making cider?

Floor corker to do cork & cages.

This book is by FAR the best guide I have read. I wish I had a copy when I started out. Many many batches would have been better.
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/mobil...d=Google_&sourceId=PLGoP4732&k_clickid=3x4732

I wish I could get a peck each of 20 different kinds of apples so I could learn more about which varieties are best for cider. I have several favorites already, but more knowledge is more knowledge! And the best knowledge comes from real life experience, not from books or equipment!

If we are making a wishlist, I would like a kegerator, some kegs and maybe a fastfermentor or other conical fermentor

Floor corker is wonderful - I used the hand plunger for exactly one bottle, and anything that takes two people to do is OUT. Claude's book is good, it's my main reference.

We've been talking about a keezer setup for kegging (with room for a lagering keg or two.) Hmmm probably a better scratter setup - we aren't loving the rotary type, leaves things a bit too chunky, and we probably could get better yields.

A used (white wine) barrel to age cider in.

About 10 acres of good land & enough cider apple cultivars to plant a 5 acre orchard. That would be a good start.
Regards, GF.

A cider press. There's hundreds of trees with millions of apples just going to waste.......
At $5-$6 per gallon of fresh cider, I limit myself to making 1 batch per year.