History and atmosphere
About Itxas-Buru cider house
Itxas-Buru cider house was founded in 1982 by its owner, Ascensio Intxauspe. Although the family had always known the art of cider making, they only took it up professionally in the 1980s. Always favouring local apples, they have tried to give priority to their own. They currently produce around 50,000 litres of cider a year.
Itxas-Buru has been selling its cider since 1982; it works some eight hectares of orchard, its own and those of neighbouring farmhouses, and bottles under the Euskal Sagardoa Designation of Origin.
From tree to bottle
Itxas-Buru’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
- 1982
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.
What you can buy
What it offers
Services and facilities
Services
Celebrations
Getting there
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Opening hours
Itxas-Buru cider house opening hours
Txotx season
- Monday
- Closed
- Tuesday
- Closed
- Wednesday
- Dinner
- Thursday
- Lunch Dinner
- Friday
- Lunch Dinner
- Saturday
- Lunch Dinner
- Sunday
- Lunch
Txotx season from mid-January to late April: from Wednesday evening to Sunday lunchtime. From June, Euskal Sagardoa in bottles.
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 Itxas-Buru cider house
Osinaga auzoa, 54, 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 Itxas-Buru
Photo: Sagardoaren Lurraldea
Festivals and events
Cider Week Astea reaches the Bidasoa with fifteen venues
From 16 to 22 November, bars and restaurants in five Gipuzkoa towns bring together local ciders and others from Brittany, Italy, Germany, Norway and Sweden. For the first time, two venues in Hondarribia are taking part
Via Sagardoaren Lurraldea 3 min read
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
