Javier Gutiérrez at the 2019 Goya Awards. Photo: Pedro J Pacheco / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Cropped and resized to 1200 × 700. The 12th Espicha Solidaria brings cider and solidarity together in Villaviciosa on 7 November. Tickets cost €40, including a €10 donation to Escuela de Vida. LA SIDRA.— Llagar
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Two choices for the opening course, three for the first course and two for the main. In LA SIDRA’s October issue, El Saúco presents a set menu that gives diners a choice at each stage, completed by bread, a drink and dessert. LA SIDRA.— The cider house at 20 Calle Valencia
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LA SIDRA.- The international impact of the SISGA 2026 Awards continues to generate new coverage. On Sunday, 1 November, Japan's Minamishinshu Shimbun, a newspaper serving the Nagano region, published a report on the Gold award won by Marukame Cider. More than a month after the International Hall of Gala Ciders
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Delfina Llera’s victory in Colunga and the results achieved by Cristina Álvarez and Haydee Prieto in Ribeseya put names to women’s work in homemade cider production. LA SIDRA.— Homemade cider competitions introduce the public to products made in family cider mills, often with little visibility beyond their immediate surroundings. The results
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Toni Blanco and Bernabé Suardíaz completed the podium in an edition that brought together 35 cider batches, with eight qualifying for the final. LA SIDRA.- Moisés Fernández Vega, from Fíos, won the 5th Parres Homemade Cider Competition and Tasting, held on Sunday 1 November 2026 in Les Arriondes. Organised by the
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What do we expect to find in a cider’s aroma and flavour? In his column for LA SIDRA 270, Manuel Gutiérrez Busto argues for apples as the essential reference point of a drink whose origins lie in fruit. LA SIDRA.— His article, “Why should cider taste of apples?”, appears on page
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Josemi Díez’s “Nicolás” won first prize in the 18th LA SIDRA International Photography Competition. The jury assessed 120 photographs by 37 photographers and selected 18 works for the accompanying exhibition. LA SIDRA.— Photography once again offers a distinctive perspective on cider culture. Logroño photographer Josemi Díez received the first prize of
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Fundación Asturies XXI opened «La sidre na emigración asturiana» in Bimenes, an exhibition that preserves the memory of those who took cider culture across the Atlantic and invites reflection on migration, past and present LA SIDRA.— A bottle of cider in a portrait from 1870 can tell us far more than
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Fifty-two homemade ciders, twelve finalists and a winner from Salas. Held during the first weekend of October, Ribeseya’s Folixa la Sidre combined a family cider makers’ competition with PDO cider, music and community participation. LA SIDRA.— The Entaína Ribeseya association organised the event at Campu Les Rolles. The report in LA
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Tierra Astur’s cider-pouring school invests in new professionals and the continuing development of experienced staff. Seven-time champion Salvador Ondó leads this work. LA SIDRA.— Raising the bottle and tilting the glass are the most visible movements, but pouring Asturian cider requires much more than good aim. Posture, coordination, control of the
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