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 actor from Lluanco will receive the distinction on 7 November at Llagar Cortina in Villaviciosa. Organised by the Sidra de Asturies PDO and the Sandra Ibarra
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The restaurant has just been opened by the Michelin-awarded cook Jaime Uz.LA SIDRA.- After Arbidel, the Michelin-starred restaurant in Ribadesella, Lena is the new bet by cook Jaime Uz in one of the cider capital towns in Asturias, Villaviciosa.The gastronomic cider bar opened yesterday, after the official opening on Sunday,
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Brothers Jose and Carlos Argüelles are the fourth generation of master coopers and the last ones in Spain.LA SIDRA.- In Breceña, Villaviciosa, we find the workshop and family house of the only master coopers remaining in Spain and the last four in Europe.Hermanos Argüelles, their business name, make all type
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A call from New York leads two Asturian entrepreneurs to know the American cider world.LA SIDRA.- Rafael Vigil and Víctor Menéndez, from Peón and Candanal in Villaviciosa, have been working on the wooden barrels maintenance in most of the Asturian cidermills for years.So much so that their reputation has reached
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Cider and apple nougat is the image of the ONCE lottery today.LA SIDRA.- The Spanish National Organization for the Blind (ONCE) has decided to honour those craft bakers who make Christmas sweets by means of a series of tickets which show the most representative ones from every region.Today the lottery,
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The “Assembly of Apple Harvesters in the Cider District and Surrounding Areas” was born in Villaviciosa.LA SIDRA.- The independent harvesters took to the streets once again on Sunday to vindicate the purchase of their apples by the cidermakers.Under the mottos “Sell your cider to the ones you buy the apples”
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The event starts today, 12th October, and involves a wide range of activities until Sunday, 15th October.LA SIDRA.-Villaviciosa opens today their XXXI Apple Festival, as they have been doing every two years since 1960. Declared of Regional Tourist Interest, the event was featured in El Gaitero cider house and attended
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The winner among 22 contestants will be determined on Thursday.LA SIDRA.- Poreñu, Villaviciosa, held their 2nd Home-made Cider Contest during La Pilarica festivities. 22 cidermakers entered the competition, from which 6 reached the final. During the blind tasting, which attracted a great lot of participants and neighbours, ended in a
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