News and the season
What’s happening in the cider houses and around cider: the txotx season, festivals, awards and cider culture.
Festivals and events
Photo: Sagardoaren Lurraldea
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
3 min read
Awards and competitions
It is the first time the Regulatory Council has recognised restaurants and bars for giving these ciders their own section on the menu; La Montera Picona and Alterna are among the winners
Via DOP Sidra de Asturias 1 min read
Awards and competitions
The group of friends who taste the ciders of 16 cider houses every September at the Gure Izarra society celebrated a quarter of a century at the Murgia Palace; this year's final went to Lizeaga
Via El Diario Vasco 2 min read
Festivals and events
Photo: Berriak Hernaniko Merkatari eta Ostalaritza Elkartea
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
Cider culture
Photo: La Sidra de Papel® / Fernando Paredano
Fernando Paredano has been keeping cider labels, trade cards and price lists since 2001; among them, labels from Usurbil, Oiartzun and Berriatua, and from ciders with Basque names made for the Basques of the Americas
Via LA SIDRA 6 min read
Awards and competitions
Eighteen of the village’s farmhouses brought their home-made cider to the pelota court; the public preferred Basabe’s. The good 2025 harvest filled the contest, but this year’s will be short
Via Guka 2 min read
News
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
Festivals and events
The Sidra de Asturias PDO and the Sandra Ibarra Foundation hold the twelfth edition at the Amandi cider maker (Villaviciosa); tickets cost €40, ten of which is a donation
Via DOP Sidra de Asturias 1 min read
Festivals and events
The 17th edition of the route pairs each Gijón cider bar with a cider maker and a cazuela; the final tasting is on 19 October at Champel and the awards are presented on the 20th at the town hall
Via LA SIDRA 2 min read
Awards and competitions
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
Festivals and events
Photo: Pantxika Maitia / Sagartzea
Gabriel Durruty will lead a visit to the Abbadia orchard in Hendaye this Sunday, and on 8 November the association will press local varieties at Lurrama
Via Sagartzea 2 min read
News
Drought and heat leave around 1.5 million kilos, with more fruit inland than on the coast, smaller apples and the highest sugar levels in twenty years
Via Berria 2 min read
