Awards and competitions
The Gipuzkoa cider house that has conquered the United States
The Astigarraga cider house has been named international cider house of the year at a prestigious competition in Michigan
Via El Diario Vasco 1 min read
News and the season
News from the cider world
What’s happening in the cider houses and around cider: the txotx season, festivals, awards and cider culture.
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Cider culture
Do you know what txotx is? Discover Basque cider and its tradition
Although we tend to associate cider with Asturias, Basque cider is also well worth trying.
Via Tendencias Hoy 1 min read
Txotx season
Cider-house buzz at its height
Hundreds of txotx fans head to Hernani or Astigarraga for a round of drinks before lunch and then carry on the party afterwards
Via El Diario Vasco 1 min read
Guides and days out
Altzueta: the pleasure of txotx
A cider benchmark that goes beyond the cider house season
Via El Diario Vasco 1 min read
Festivals and events
A Basque cider party in Brooklyn: Sagar Handia Fest 2024 at the Basque Centre in New York
We have talked a lot about the taste for Basque cider in the USA. For us in particular, it came as a shock to find, back in distant 2010, an article in the New York Times in which the critic Eric Asimov (an old acquaintance of our website and, yes, a relative of the scientist, writer and creator of the “Three Laws of Robotics”, Isaac Asimov) recommended a Basque cider for Thanksgiving.
Via About Basque Country 1 min read
Txotx season
The Basque Government insists on involving cider houses in solving the problems of the “txotx”
The mayors of Hernani and Astigarraga met officials from the institutions to address the collateral damage of this activity
Via Donostitik 1 min read
Guides and days out
Txirrita: all the charm of a sagardotegi in the heart of San Sebastián
Cider houses are one of the jewels of Gipuzkoa’s cuisine. Their classic menu and the unrivalled feeling of drinking cider at the txotx (straight from the cask) make up one of the great food experiences of San Sebastián and its surroundings.
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News
Astigarraga closes the financial year with a surplus of five million
Part of the surplus will go on works already under way, such as the extension of the riverside park
Via Noticias de Gipuzkoa 1 min read
Festivals and events
Urdaburu organises an outing and cider house lunch for 9 March
Urdaburu Mendizale Elkartea has organised a lunch at the Larregain cider house for 9 March. Participants will meet at Urdaburu’s premises (Juan de Olazabal 23) at 8.30 in the morning, as they will first walk a 14.5-kilometre route with 800 metres of ascent, taking about 5 hours.
Via El Diario Vasco 1 min read
Cider culture
The survival of the Basque cider that saved the whalers: a family ecosystem that looks after the land
The tradition of cider in the Basque Country goes back a long way and has little to do with the cod and steak menu it now depends on. This low-alcohol drink, which was fermented for family consumption and boomed thanks to whaling, now faces new challenges
Via elDiario.es 1 min read
Cider culture
The new Basque cider is drunk from a wine glass, without the txotx
This popular drink from the north is embarking on the revolution already seen in wine, beer and vermouth
Via La Vanguardia 1 min read
Gastronomy
Six food-friendly ciders with moderate alcohol, to pair with fish and seafood
Consumption of this type of drink in Spain is gaining ground at home and competing with white wine and beer in restaurants
Via El País 1 min read