• The First Homemade Cider Tasting in Gascona (Oviedo) took place on 24 May. All the information and photos can be found at the following link: • The 4th Muñó Homemade Cider Tasting (Siero) took place on 25 May in the church grounds, organised by the Muñó Schools Association (Asecevi). Around 500 people took part…
Etiqueta: Gijon
ASTURIAN CRAFT CIDER 2024/ Sidra casera asturiana 2024
According to the ethnographer Inaciu Hevia Llavona, there were once more cider presses than houses in some villages. The production of home-made cider in Asturias is a centuries-old tradition which declined as a result of the abandonment of the rural world in the mid-20th century, but which is now flourishing in all its splendour thanks…
CIDER IN JAPAN/ Sidra en Japón: Fukiware Cidrerie
As a sample of changes in drinking traditions in Japan, the TV programme Newsline in Depth focuses on cider craftsman Tatsuro Fuji. The video begins with the presentation of his Bar & Sidreria Eclipse in Tokyo. Fujii is an expert in ciders from all over the world, so he shows his range of domestic and…
CIDER IN GIJON, SEEN FROM ABROAD/ La sidra en Gijón, vista desde afuera
Barcelona10, a website focused on Russian tourists in Spain through Catalonia, has promoted Gijon as a wonderful destination with loads of sightseeings and activities to enjoy, including, of course, cider. Considering that for thousands of tourists Spain is Barcelona, Madrid and the Canary Islands, they encourage us to look beyond and discover many more unforgettable…
HARRY POTTER AND THE CIDER TREE/ Harry Potter y el Árbol de la Sidra
The British writer J.K. Rowling, who showed delighted with a Scottish Christmas Tree made of creels and crowned with a crab on Twitter, got a response from a girl from Gijon with a picture of the famous Cider Tree located at the marina. In the twit she said that we had a Christmas Tree made…