{"id":93129,"date":"2025-05-11T16:15:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-11T16:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/93129\/"},"modified":"2025-05-11T16:15:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-11T16:15:09","slug":"this-region-of-spain-is-hailed-for-its-fascinating-cider-traditions-by-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/93129\/","title":{"rendered":"This region of Spain is hailed for its fascinating cider traditions by The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>GIPUZKOA, in the Basque Country, has been hailed as the location of Spain\u2019s most delicious cider by The Sun journalist Nuria Cremer-Vazquez<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cider houses are seen as a \u2018symbol\u2019 of Gipuzkoa\u2019s culture and gastronomy, and Cremer-Vazquez recommends the town of Astigarraga as the best place to try the local cider. You can also find cider houses in Hernani and Usurbil.<\/p>\n<p>Every year, thousands of people visit the dozens of cider breweries in the region, renowned for the high-quality cider produced there.<\/p>\n<p>The atmosphere in a cider house is festive and friendly, with long shared tables that encourage conversations with strangers who quickly become new friends.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Txotx\u2019 is the most unique part of a cider house experience. This is where visitors taste the cider directly from the barrel via a small tap. The cider is poured into the glass from a considerable height, as this oxygenates it to highlight its best flavours and aromas.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s important to pair your cider with a traditional Basque meal. Dishes typically seen on cider house menus include grilled ribeye steak, cod omelette, fried cod with green peppers and a mouth-watering Idiaz\u00e1bal cheese, quince jelly and walnut platter for dessert.\u00a0\u201cThe San Sebasti\u00e1n area has long been a place for food lovers to enjoy Basque cuisine,\u201d Cremer-Vazquez said.<\/p>\n<p>The cider season runs from January to April, so book your trip now for 2026.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE: <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"GIPUZKOA, in the Basque Country, has been hailed as the location of Spain\u2019s most delicious cider by The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":93130,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5312],"tags":[30560,2000,299,786,18104,8626,104,18106],"class_list":{"0":"post-93129","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-spain","8":"tag-basque-country","9":"tag-eu","10":"tag-europe","11":"tag-food-and-drink","12":"tag-news-spain","13":"tag-newspaper","14":"tag-spain","15":"tag-the-olive-press"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114490095962118535","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93129\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}