History and atmosphere
About Petritegi cider house
Although the Otaño family was already making cider for its own use in the early 20th century, it only began selling it in 1940. What started as a sideline to livestock farming grew in importance until the family made it their main business. The premises have changed dramatically: what began as a ground-floor space for making cider is now a separate building given over entirely to the restaurant and txotx (drinking cider straight from the cask). They produce around 600,000 litres of cider a year.
Petritegi makes cider under the Euskal Sagardoa Designation of Origin (DO), including organic and premium ciders fermented with yeasts taken from its own apple trees, and a wide range besides: sparkling ciders, alcohol-free cider, cider vermouth, vinegar and apple juice. It has an online shop and runs tours and tastings in the cellar.
Specialities
Special cider house menus available.
Petritegi 0,0 sin filtrar (2026): a cloudy alcohol-free cider made from 15 apple varieties, dealcoholised after fermentation, with no added sugar. Silver at the 2026 SISGA.
Gallery
Photos of Petritegi cider house
From tree to bottle
Petritegi’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.
- Organic production Cider with the EU organic logo (the Euro-leaf), certified by the body in its territory: ENEEK-Ekolurra in the Basque Country, CPAEN in Navarre, an approved certifier in the French Basque Country (with the optional AB logo), COPAE, ODECA or CRAEGA.
What you can buy
Its bottles
Petritegi’s ciders
Experiences
Beyond the table at Petritegi cider house
Astigarraga
from €60.50
Tasting of the new ciders with cider house menu
A horizontal tasting of about 40 minutes featuring the latest from the Petritegi cellar: the natural cider…
Gipuzkoa
Astigarraga
from €69.50
Make your own cider: apple picking and hand pressing
A workshop on making cider the old way, suitable for children. You pick apples off the ground with the kizkia…
Gipuzkoa
Astigarraga
from €62.00
Cellar tour with cider house menu
The tour takes in the parts of Petritegi you cannot see from the dining room: the family’s organic apple…
Gipuzkoa
Astigarraga
from €52.00
Txotx tour with cider house menu
Designed to introduce the txotx ritual (cider poured straight from the cask) with someone from the house…
Gipuzkoa
What it offers
Services and facilities
Services
At the table
Facilities
Celebrations
Visits and sales
Getting there
Accommodation
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Opening hours
Petritegi cider house opening hours
- Monday
- Closed
- Tuesday
- 13:00–17:00 20:00–24:00
- Wednesday
- 13:00–17:00 20:00–24:00
- Thursday
- 13:00–17:00 20:00–24:00
- Friday
- 13:00–17:00 20:00–24:00
- Saturday
- 13:00–17:00 20:00–24:00
- Sunday
- 13:00–17:00
Lunch Tuesday to Sunday (arrival 13:00 to 15:00, closing 17:00) and dinner Tuesday to Saturday (arrival 20:00 to 21:30, closing 24:00). Closed Mondays. Closed at Christmas and in early January (in 2025-2026, 24 and 25 December and 29 December to 13 January).
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 Petritegi cider house
Petritegi Bidea, 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.
Cider diary
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In the media
News about Petritegi
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
News
Petritegi launches its first unfiltered 0.0 cider in its 500th anniversary year
The Astigarraga cider house takes the alcohol out of a blend of 15 apple varieties, without filtering it or adding sugar; the new cider has already won a silver at the SISGA
Via Petritegi 2 min read
Awards and competitions
SISGA 2026: Cortina and Fran among the Premium winners at a record fair
The Gijón fair brought together 346 ciders from 124 cider makers in 35 countries and handed out 223 awards; Asturias takes 21, the Basque Country 20 including a Premium for Kuartango, and France tops the table
Via LA SIDRA 3 min read
