A YEAR OF ASTURIAN HOMEMADE CIDER/ Un año de sidra casera asturiana

• 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…

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…

THE RISE OF HOME-MADE CIDER IN ASTURIAS/ El auge de la sidra casera en Asturias

Homemade cider is a trend and is rapidly recovering the artisan tradition in Asturian towns and villages, but with hitherto unknown quality standards. According to Oscar Florez, representative of the Association for the Promotion of Traditional Asturian Cider, there are more than five hundred amateur cider makers in the Principality, many of them young people…

CIDER FESTIVAL IN VALDESOTO/ Fiesta de la Sidra en Valdesoto

Under the motto «Valdesoto with Cider», the festival in support of our native drink took place in La Casona de Leceñes, Siero, on Sunday 30th April,  after three years without being able to be held. Bajo el lema “Valdesoto con la Sidra”, el domingo 30 de abril tuvo lugar en La Casona de Leceñes, perteneciente…

III CIDER FAIR IN CARBAYIN ALTO/ III Jornada de la Sidra en Carbayín Alto

After a three-year break due to the pandemic, the Cider Fair in Carbayin Alto, organised by Peña Milwaukee, have resumed today. People were longing for partying and drinking cider. And with great enthusiasm, the parish of Siero once again demonstrated its good work and commitment to cider in the area with the idea of revitalising…