Discover
Ciders, styles, apple varieties and production methods from different territories.
16th edition · Xixón · Asturies
Much more than a cider competition
SISGA brings together quality ciders, producers, professionals and cider-producing regions to taste, recognise and connect cider cultures from around the world.
The gathering
Taste, recognise and connect
The Salón Internacional de les Sidres de Gala combines a public experience, a professional meeting space and an international quality competition.
Recognise
An international jury evaluates the participating ciders through blind tasting and awards the SISGA distinctions.
Learn about the awardsConnect
Producers, distribution, hospitality, press, institutions and the public share knowledge and opportunities.
The SISGA in action
A community around cider
Each edition brings together knowledge, product and celebration in a single international meeting with Asturian roots.
A place for everyone
A programme for different audiences
The SISGA is not a single activity: the program combines competition, training, tasting, professional meetings and institutional cooperation.
History
Sixteen editions building community
Since its first editions, the SISGA has grown around the competition, professional tastings, public dissemination and exchange between cider territories.
The continuity of the meeting allows us to gather a memory of producers, participating countries, award-winning ciders, posters and photographs.
Host territory
Asturies, a living cider culture
The SISGA is celebrated in the territory whose Asturian Cider Culture was recognized by UNESCO as Cultural Heritage Intangible Humanity.
This recognition corresponds to the Asturian cider culture, not to SISGA. The show starts from this context to share a living tradition and relate it with other producing cultures.
“A local identity that opens to the world without ceasing to belong to its territory.”
International dimension
A network that begins in cider and reaches the territory
The SISGA connects producers, municipalities and institutions. Professional relationships, European projects and new avenues for cultural cooperation are born from these meetings.
The permanent network
Cider Cities
European Network of Cider and Apple Cities. It unites territories with heritage, agriculture, economy and culture linked to the apple tree and cider.
- Created in 2023
- Cooperation between territories
- Stable vocation
The European project
CIDEREU
Programme developed within the framework of Cider Cities to activate initiatives on cider culture, traditional agriculture, sustainability and social cohesion.
- Programme 2026–2027
- European financing
- Budget: €253,000
The connection with Asia
SISGAJapan
Line of projection towards Japan and Asia to open cultural and professional relations around the gala ciders.
- International exchange
- New markets and audiences
- Cultural connection
Organization
An initiative of Fundación Asturies XXI
The Foundation coordinates the contest, the samples, the professional activities, the relationship with producers, press and the public, and the subsequent dissemination of the results.
Registered office of Fundación Asturies XXI
Fundación Asturies XXILa Caleya'l Ríu 205
33394 Santuriu
Xixón - Asturies
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