CIDERS FROM INDIA/ Sidras de la India

It might sound weird to talk about cider in India, but this 2,000-year-old traditional drink has recently enter the country market. “In recent years, there has been a renaissance of interest in cider drinking, both in America and Europe, so India could not have reamained untouched for long”, cider manufacturer Dinesh Gupta, who launched Tempest…

ASTURIAN NATURAL CIDERS/ Sidras naturales asturianas

CIDER MILLS/ LLAGARES: Acebal, Angones, Buznego, Cabañon, Cabueñes, Canal, Castañon, Llagareros del Caudal, Conceyu (Menendez), Contrueces, De Pura Madre (JR), El Duque, El Mancu (Vallina), El Piloñu, Estrada, Fonciello, Foncueva, Frutos, Gelo, Herminio, Jose (El Piloñu), La Galana (JR), La Llarada, La Primera (El Duque), L’ Allume, Llagar de Bernueces, Llagar de Quintana (Menendez), Los…

THE CIDERMILL, WHERE EVERYTHING STARTS/ El llagar, donde todo comienza

The llagar (cider press) is, strictely speaking, the mechanical tool used to press apples and extract their juice. However, it extensively ended up giving its name to the premises where it is installed; that is, the building where cider is made. In autumn, ripe fruit is ready and activity begins. The inside of the barrels…

HEREFORD CIDER MUSEUM/ Museo de la Sidra de Hereford

Orchads are a way of life in Herefordshire, England, a treasured part of its landscape, and here is where you can find a whole world related to cider. This was the birthplace of Bulmer’s Cider. Henry Percival Bulmer started making cider in 1887 and a year later purchased a plot of ground on the outskirts…