Today begins the cider season in Gipuzkoa
Organized by Sagardun Patzuergoa, the txotx season will begin at noon at the Petritegi sidreria in Astigarraga.
There are only a few hours left to start the txotx season in Gipuzkoa. The Petritegi sidreria in Astigarraga will open its first kupela around 13:45, and the representatives of the Basque Ball Selection will have the honour of tasting the first cider, raising the glass and saying aloud the words of the year: 'Our new cider'.
In any case, the events of Sagardo Berria Day will begin at 12:00 with a presentation at the cultural house Ribera, in which they will explain the details of the new harvest and the latest news of the sector. Among others, representatives of the Basque Government, the Diputación Foral de Gipuzkoa, the City Council of Astigarraga, the Association of Denominations of Origin\Sagardoa will be present.
At the end of this event, everyone will head for the Petritegi sidreria to open the kupela and give the first drink to the new harvest.
More opening events
And once the season begins, there will be more opening events in different regions over the next few days. So tomorrow, January 15, it will be the turn of the sidreries of the Goierri, which will take place this year at the Oiharte sidreria in Zerain. The Alaveses will also start this Thursday at the Treviño sidreria and the Navarros, who will choose the Toki-Alai of Lekunberri for the first drink.
The day after tomorrow the season will begin in Eula de Urnieta and Mizpiradi de Andoain, and next Tuesday, January 20, the cider shops of Bizkaia will open their barrels; the official event will take place in Uxarte de Amorebieta.
3.1 million litres of cider
Under the name of Euskal Sagardoa , 46 sidreries are currently operating in the Basque Country. Over the past year, 3.1 million litres of cider have been produced using 4.4 million kilograms of apples from 250 local apples.
"The customer who comes to the cider store must know that he is going to visit a local producer's house, a family that lives on their land," they said.
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Euskal Sagardoa sidreries have produced 3.1 million litres this year
The 46 sidreries attached to the Euskal Sagardoa Designation of Origin have produced 3.1 million litres of drinks for the new campaign, using 4.4 million kilograms of apples from local fruit trees.
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