Sam Fitz, cofounder of ANXO Cider

Origins

Sam is a co-founder of ANXO Cider, the District's first licensed winery since prohibition, and it's two brick-and-mortars in Truxton Circle and Brightwood Park. A member of the national board of the United States Association of Cider Makers, Sam oversees ANXO's cider production and distribution, which now covers six states, the District, and a few accounts abroad. Previously, he was DC's first Certified Cicerone, and founded the beer programs at Meridian Pint and Smoke & Barrel before overseeing beverage operations for Pizzeria Paradiso. Raised in Baltimore and a graduate of Washington University in St. Louis with a BA in Economics and Psychology, Sam now lives with his wife and daughter down the street from the cidery and has been a Washingtonian for 12 years.