- Gipuzkoa
- Makes its own cider
- Txotx season
Isastegi cider house
Aldaba-Txiki auzoa, 15-A, 20400 Tolosa
History and atmosphere
About Isastegi cider house
Historically, livestock farming was the main activity at the Isastegi farmhouse, although the family made cider for their own use. In 1983 they decided to make the cider house their main business. After major refurbishments and extensions, today it is a cider house with fully modernised facilities. The apples used are home-grown or come from the Tolosaldea area, as the cider house tries to buy up all the local apples. However, as apples in the Basque Country can be scarce depending on the harvest, they also bring in apples from Galicia and France.
Isastegi cider house is part of the collective quality brand
Specialities
Salt cod omelette, fried salt cod with peppers, T-bone steak (txuleta), and cheese, quince paste and walnuts for dessert, with lamb available if ordered in advance.
Isastegi has been selling its cider since 1984, made with its own apples and those of farmhouses in Tolosaldea. Its online shop sells standard and Premium Euskal Sagardoa, other ciders and cider vinegar.
From tree to bottle
Isastegi’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.
- Making cider since
- 1984
Quality labels
- DO Euskal Sagardoa Designation of origin for natural Basque cider: only apples of local varieties grown in Álava, Bizkaia, Gipuzkoa and the French Basque Country. The seal goes on each bottle, not on the cider maker.
- Organic production Cider certified as organic by the body in its territory: Ekolurra, CPAEN, COPAE, CRAEGA or AB in the French Basque Country.
- Gorenak Quality mark of the Provincial Council of Gipuzkoa for agri-food products from Gipuzkoa.
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Location
How to get to Isastegi cider house
Aldaba-Txiki auzoa, 15-A, 20400 Tolosa Open in Google Maps-
By car
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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 Isastegi
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
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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
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Awards and competitions
Zapiain wins two golds at Cider World in Frankfurt; silver for Zabala and Isastegi
The Astigarraga cider house took gold with its Euskal Sagardoa Premium and with its ice cider Bizi-Goxo, while Zabala and Isastegi won a silver each
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