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| We had such a good time last year at the Astigarraga apple festival, we decided to go again. Hard cider production is a major industry in this town and the region in general. |
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| An apple pie competition |
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| Basketmaker |
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| Idiazabal is a local cheese that goes well with cider (and everything else). |
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| Astigarraga has its own cider museum. |
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| The main attraction is the cider kiosks. Buy a glass for 3 euros and you can try as many hard ciders as you want. |
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| An exhibition on grafting techniques. |
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Mosto, or freshly pressed apple juice (the word can also refer to grape juice). Sweet, unfermented, unfiltered cider is not common here like it is in the northeastern U.S. (I am hoarding a bottle from a recent artisan's festival for the right occasion) and it is a novel product for people in this area, who pass it around during this festival after the apple crushing demonstration.
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| A page from a really cool cider dictionary published by the cider museum. It has information about how cider is produced, local apple varieties, apple pests and pathogens, etc. A totally great find. And motivation for improving my Basque... |
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