• 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: Villaviciosa
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…
EL GAITERO, A WORLDWIDE CIDER/ El Gaitero, una sidra mundial
HISTORY/ HISTORIA Since ancient times, apples and cider have been basic elements of Asturian gastronomy and culture. During the 19th century, a large part of the Asturian population saw emigration to America as a way out for their prosperity and future. The tradition of cider consumption crossed the Atlantic together with those Indians, where the…
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…
Ciderayalga 