Wilkin Aquiles wins in Les Arriondes; Colunga will host the final event

Andrés Menéndez and Salvador Ondó completed the podium at the penultimate event of the season. The organisers have announced that the championship will conclude in Colunga in early December, with the exact date still to be confirmed.

LA SIDRA.— Wilkin Aquiles, from La Montera Picona cider bar in Xixón, won the 32nd Les Arriondes Cider Pouring Competition, held on Sunday 8 November. This round of the Official Asturies Cider Pouring Championship formed part of the 35th Chestnut and Garden Produce Fair and the cider programme in Parres.

According to the results published by Campeonato Escanciadores, Andrés Menéndez, from El Portal cider bar in Villaviciosa, finished second, while Salvador Ondó, representing Tierra Astur cider bars, took third place.

The award for best local cider pourer went to Yerson, from El Tonel de Gigi, in Les Arriondes. La Montera Picona also received the award for the competition’s best cider bar.

Isabella Padrón wins the under-25 category

Isabella Padrón, from El Chaflán cider bar in Xixón, won the under-25 category. She was joined on the podium by Alexandra Castellanos, from Los Portales de Jaminón in Sieru —Andarica Team—, and Leo Santacruz, from La Montera Picona, in second and third place respectively.

Colunga will host the final event

The event also provides an opportunity to correct the information circulated beforehand: Les Arriondes did not host the final round of the Asturies Championship, as the organisers had initially stated and LA SIDRA reported in its preview. It was the sixteenth and penultimate event of the competition.

The organisers now state that the final event will take place in Colunga in early December, with the exact date to be announced shortly. Colunga will therefore bring this year’s championship calendar to a close.

Photographs: Gonzalo Méndez / Campeonato Escanciadores.

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