History and atmosphere
About Altzueta cider house
According to existing records, cider has been sold at Altzueta cider house since 1878, so the business is now in its fourth generation. The cider house has been completely renovated, both the dining room and the production area. It grows its own apples, on some 2,500 trees. Its annual cider production amounts to around 140,000 litres.
Altzueta makes its cider with apples from its own farmhouse and nearby orchards and bottles it under the Euskal Sagardoa Designation of Origin (DO), including a Premium version. It offers guided tours of the orchard and the cellar with tastings.
Gallery
Photos of Altzueta cider house
From tree to bottle
Altzueta’s own house cider
As well as a cider house, it’s a cider maker: it makes its own cider, and what’s served at the table comes from its own cellar.
Quality labels
- DO Euskal Sagardoa Designation of origin for natural Basque cider: only local apples from registered orchards in Álava, Bizkaia and Gipuzkoa, not pasteurised and with no added gas. The French Basque Country joins through the cross-border PDO, pending in the EU. The seal goes on each bottle, not on the cider maker.
- Gorenak Collective mark of a group of Gipuzkoa cider houses (Sagardo Mahaia), created in 2011, for bottled natural cider only. Every batch is tested at the provincial Fraisoro laboratory. It does not certify where the apples come from. You can tell it by the black capsule.
What you can buy
Its bottles
Altzueta’s ciders
Experiences
Beyond the table at Altzueta cider house
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Hernani
from €65.50
Cellar tour and meal at Altzueta
At Altzueta the visit begins in the cellar, with a guided tour of the place where the house cider is made…
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Opening hours
Altzueta cider house opening hours
27 January to 28 April
- Monday
- Closed
- Tuesday
- Dinner
- Wednesday
- Dinner
- Thursday
- Dinner
- Friday
- Dinner
- Saturday
- Lunch Dinner
- Sunday
- Closed
Txotx season from late January to late April (27 January to 28 April): Tuesday to Saturday, dinner, plus lunch on Saturdays. Also a summer terrace from June to mid-August.
Opening hours are a guide: they can change on public holidays, during holidays or from one season to the next. Check before you go.
Location
How to get to Altzueta cider house
Osinaga Auzoa, 7, 20120 Hernani Open in Google Maps-
By car
Look up the address in your satnav. In season, cider house car parks fill up early on Saturdays.
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By bus
Some bus routes run near the area. Check the timetable before you go, especially for the way back.
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As a group
Many cider houses arrange a coach for groups: ask when you book.
In the media
News about Altzueta
Photo: Berriak Hernaniko Merkatari eta Ostalaritza Elkartea
Festivals and events
Hernani debuts its Sagardo Eguna with some 320 glasses
The town’s eight cider houses closed the 14th Salt Cod Week in the Plaza Berria, which honoured Joxe Mari Taberna (jury) and Erriguarda (public). The organisers want to do it again
Via Berriak 1 min read
Awards and competitions
Izeta wins the 24th Gipuzkoa Cider Competition
The Aia cider house beats Zapiain and Altzueta in an edition judged by sommeliers and tasters, with the awards presented at Albaola
Via Diputación Foral de Gipuzkoa 2 min read
Guides and days out
Altzueta: the pleasure of txotx
A cider benchmark that goes beyond the cider house season
Via El Diario Vasco 1 min read
