Sops in Wine is a very old English variety that makes a pleasant aromatic eating apple and a good contribution to a traditional cider blend. It has particularly attractive dark pink blossom and crimson fruits with pink stained flesh, giving it an ornamental quality too; even the wood has a deep pink stain. Trees are vigorous growers with a spreading habit and can give good crops. It is related to Pendragon, a very similar apple from Cornwall.