Having cider on the menu is not enough. Service, pouring, temperature, conversation and social relationships are part of a cider house model that is becoming harder to find.LA SIDRA.- What makes it possible to call an establishment a chigre, a traditional Asturian cider house?The answer does not lie in the
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The Italian cidery secures three Premium awards and two Silvers, while the German producer leads the overall tally with eight awards. Kuartango and Bevvy Podlaski follow with seven distinctions each. LA SIDRA.- Two producers stand out in the results of the 16th International Hall of Gala Ciders. Italy’s Maley wins the
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Exner Craft Cider certificates and trophy at SISGA 2026. The cider from Gallinal Drinks scored 91.5 points and received a Premium award. Manufaktur Jörg Geiger’s cider spirit leads the recorded scores, followed by Poire Jorasses and Lo Cristallier, both from Maley. SLOR and Exner Craft Cider stand out among sparkling ciders,
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In Piedras Blancas, Arturo Mediero and María Antonia Nuevo champion a cider house model built on cider service, home cooking and direct contact with customers.LA SIDRA.- Putting a green bottle on the table is not enough to turn a bar into a cider house.At Casa Arturo in Piedras Blancas, Arturo
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Maley, with three distinctions, and Rocco, with one, put Italy at the top of the competition’s highest honours. Asturies and Czechia share second place, with three Premium awards each. Italy won more Premium awards than any other country at the 16th International Hall of Gala Ciders. A count of the results
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The La Sidra de Papel collection preserves advertisements that would be unthinkable today and help explain how the way cider is presented and sold has changed.LA SIDRA.- Advertising is a snapshot of the society that creates it. Historic cider advertising offers examples that seem surprising today.Among the documents preserved in
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France was the country with the highest number of distinctions at the 16th SISGA, held in Gijón, with a total of 30 awards. The French tally included one Premium, one gold medal, 13 silver medals and 15 bronze medals, confirming the strength of French cider in one of the leading
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.post-36704 > .entry-thumb{display:none} The awards can now be consulted by category and by producer. A jury made up of the producers themselves ensures that different tastes and cider traditions are represented, with impartiality, diversity and criteria grounded in cider. A moment from the 16th SISGA Awards ceremony. LA SIDRA.- The official winners list
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Fernando Paredano’s collection turns labels, invoices, posters and old business documents into clues for reconstructing more than a century of cider history.LA SIDRA.- An old label may seem like an unimportant piece of paper. But when thousands are preserved alongside invoices, letters, advertisements and other documents, the result is a
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The International Hall of Gala Ciders closes its sixteenth edition after four days of intense professional and outreach activity, marked by its international scope, the strong public turnout at the Open Tasting and the interest generated by the conferences, debates and specialised tastings. The organisers will shortly publish the final
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