Cider houses from Álava, Bizkaia, Gipuzkoa, the French Basque Country (Iparralde) and Navarre present the txotx season (when cider is drunk straight from the cask) together, with the harvest figures and the first txotx of the year.
Cider competition
Opening of the txotx season
Friday 9 January 2026 · San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa
Slogan: “Bertako plazerra”. 2025 harvest: 3.1 million litres across 46 cider houses. The wind forced the event indoors.
Cider houses from Álava, Bizkaia, Gipuzkoa, the French Basque Country (Iparralde) and Navarre present the txotx season (when cider is drunk straight from the cask) together, with the harvest figures and the first txotx of the year.
Cider competition
Sagardo Eguna
Apple and harvest festival