News and features on Asturian cider culture: its history, traditions, espichas, music, books and photography. Explore the people and customs behind cider in Asturias.
Two Asturian emigrants in Cuba, 1885. Valle, Ballina y Fernández Historical Archive. Image from the Fundación Asturies XXI exhibition. Fundación Asturies XXI is recovering the visual history of cider in the Americas through a book, an online exhibition and a travelling display that will open soon in Bimenes. Cider travelled with the
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Calvados, cider spirits, pear distillates and traditional liqueurs show the enormous diversity that apples and pears can produce beyond cider itself.LA SIDRA.- When apple spirits are discussed, Calvados is probably the best-known name. But the world of spirits and liqueurs derived from apples and pears is much broader.Donato X. Villoria’s
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The 17th edition began on 8 October and runs until 18 October, with cider, food pairings and a commemorative scarf designed by Edgar Plans. Champel hosted the first culín and will also stage the final tasting.LA SIDRA.- Xixón de Sidra opened its latest edition on Thursday 8 October, bringing together
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La Gran Aventura de David Santiso turns Avilés into a setting for mystery and humour, where drinking a culín can change the way the player perceives the world.LA SIDRA.- Cider has many uses, but becoming a videogame mechanic is probably one of the most unexpected.La Gran Aventura de David Santiso,
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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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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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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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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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Pubs in England have received a specific reduction in their business rates since April. In Asturies, cider houses are part of a UNESCO-recognised culture, but still lack specific tax protection linked to that cultural role.LA SIDRA.- A British pub and an Asturian chigre, a traditional Asturian cider house, are not
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LA SIDRA 269, the September 2026 issue, is now available, with Sidra Canal on the cover and an edition featuring the Xixón Natural Cider Festival, homemade cider, SISGA and the growing international reach of Asturian cider culture.LA SIDRA.- Issue 269 of LA SIDRA arrives this September with an edition packed
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