- Gipuzkoa
- Makes its own cider
- Txotx season
Gurutzeta cider house
Oialume bidea, 63, 20115 Astigarraga
History and atmosphere
About Gurutzeta cider house
Gurutzeta is a family cider house in the Ergobia neighbourhood of Astigarraga, where cider has been made since the late 19th century. The house began around 1900 with a marriage that joined two local farmhouses. In the 1960s Joxe Goñi Urreaga modernised it with new presses and a new cellar; from the 1990s Joxe Angel Goñi Garin brought in stainless steel tanks and cold-controlled fermentation, and in 2021 the fourth generation, Leire Goñi Iradi, joined.
During the txotx season (the ritual of drinking cider straight from the cask), from mid-January to early May, it serves the classic cider house menu: salt cod omelette, fried cod with green peppers, T-bone steak (txuleta) grilled over embers and cheese with walnuts, with cider poured straight from the kupela (cask). There is also a vegan menu at the same price and, on weekdays, a shorter menu.
Beyond txotx, it organises experiences for groups: guided tastings in the cellar before the meal, a workshop to learn to grill the txuleta with the grill cook, outings in a trainera (traditional Basque rowing boat) on La Concha Bay or the Urumea estuary that end at the cider house (Arrauntxotx), visits to an Idiazabal cheese dairy, or mountain activities finished off with cider and cheese. Outside the season it opens for cider sales, visits and groups.
Specialities
Bottled cider is at the heart of the house: Gurutzeta Gorenak, a multi-variety cider with the Gorenak quality seal and Gurutzeta Euskal Sagardoa, with Designation of Origin. It sells them in the shop on its website. From the apples they also make juice, vermouth and vinegar.
Sources: Official website, Euskal Sagardoa, Sagardoa.
Gallery
Photos of Gurutzeta cider house
From tree to bottle
Gurutzeta’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
Gurutzeta’s ciders
Experiences
Beyond the table at Gurutzeta cider house
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Astigarraga
Arrauntxotx: rowing a trainera, tasting and txotx
An outing that combines rowing and cider. With a cox, the group rows a trainera (a traditional Basque rowing…
Gipuzkoa 
Astigarraga
from €56.00
Tour with tasting and cider house menu
Gurutzeta’s cider maker welcomes the group at the cider house in Ergobia, Astigarraga, and for about half an…
Gipuzkoa-
Astigarraga
Txuleta workshop with tasting and txotx
Gurutzeta’s grill master shows how to choose good beef, how to cut the txuleta (Basque rib steak) and how to…
Gipuzkoa -
Astigarraga
Txotx with a local host, tour and tasting
Designed for those who want to understand txotx from the inside: before lunch or dinner there is a tour of…
Gipuzkoa
What it offers
Services and facilities
Services
At the table
Celebrations
Visits and sales
Getting there
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Opening hours
Gurutzeta cider house opening hours
16 January to 3 May
- Monday
- 20:00–24:00
- Tuesday
- 20:00–24:00
- Wednesday
- 13:30–17:30 20:00–24:00
- Thursday
- 13:30–17:30 20:00–24:00
- Friday
- 13:30–17:30 20:00–24:00
- Saturday
- 13:30–17:30 20:00–24:00
- Sunday
- 13:30–17:30
Txotx season 2026: 16 January to 3 May, then closed until the following year. Monday and Tuesday, dinner; Wednesday to Saturday, lunch and dinner; Sunday, lunch only. Lunch 13:30 to 17:30 (kitchen until 15:30) and dinner 20:00 to 24:00 (kitchen until 22:00). The rest of the year, visits and group experiences by booking.
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 Gurutzeta cider house
Oialume bidea, 63, 20115 Astigarraga 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 Gurutzeta
Festivals and events
Sagar Uzta 2026: Astigarraga raises a glass to the new harvest with the year’s first must
The 26th apple harvest festival filled Plaza Foru on Sunday with ciders from ten cider houses, sagar dantza, pintxos and the traditional community toast
Via El Diario Vasco 2 min read
Awards and competitions
Zapiain and Kuartango take the txapela at the 6th Sagardo Forum International Cider Competition
Zapiain’s premium natural cider and Kuartango’s cider vermouth top their categories in a competition featuring 204 ciders from 17 countries, with the Best of Show going to Germany’s Cydonia
Via Sagardoaren Lurraldea 2 min read
Festivals and events
Topa! Gasteiz: Euskal Sagardoa presents its 2024 harvest in Álava for the first time
Plaza del Machete hosted Sagardo Eguna on Saturday with ciders from eleven cider makers, four days after the designation of origin presented the 110 ciders from its latest harvest in Vitoria-Gasteiz
Via Euskal Sagardoa 2 min read
