Discover
Ciders, styles, apple varieties and production methods from different territories.
16th edition · Gijón · Asturias
Much more than a cider competition
SISGA brings together quality ciders, producers, professionals and territories to taste, recognise and connect cider cultures from around the world.
The encounter
Taste, recognise and connect
The International Hall of Gala Ciders combines a public experience with a professional meeting place and an international quality competition.
Recognise
An international jury assesses the participating ciders through tasting and presents the SISGA Awards.
Discover the awardsConnect
Producers, distributors, hospitality, press, institutions and the public share knowledge and opportunities.
A hall in which to take part
A place for every audience
SISGA is not a single activity: the programme combines competition, training, tasting, professional encounters and institutional cooperation.
Track record
Sixteen editions building a community
From its earliest editions, SISGA has grown around the competition, professional tastings, public outreach and exchange between cider territories.
The event’s continuity has created an archive of producers, participating countries, award-winning ciders, posters and photographs.
Explore previous editionsHost territory
Asturias, a living cider culture
SISGA takes place in the territory whose Asturian Cider Culture was recognised by UNESCO as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
That recognition belongs to Asturian cider culture, not to SISGA. The hall builds on this setting to share a living tradition and connect it with other producing cultures.
“A local identity that opens itself to the world without losing its roots.”
International dimension
A network that begins with cider and reaches the territory
SISGA connects producers, municipalities and institutions. These encounters lead to professional relationships, European projects and new forms of cultural cooperation.
The permanent network
Cider Cities
The European Network of Cider and Apple Cities. It connects territories whose heritage, agriculture, economy and culture are linked to apples and cider.
- Created in 2023
- Cooperation between territories
- Long-term purpose
The European project
CIDEREU
A programme developed within the Cider Cities framework to activate initiatives involving cider culture, traditional agriculture, sustainability and social cohesion.
- 2026–2027 programme
- European funding
- Budget: €253,000
The connection with Asia
SISGAJapan
An outreach line towards Japan and Asia designed to open cultural and professional relationships around gala ciders.
- International exchange
- New markets and audiences
- Cultural connection
The essential difference
Cider Cities is the network; CIDEREU is one of its projects
It connects cities, organisations and stakeholders in cider territories to share experience and create new initiatives.
It turns part of that cooperation into funded activities carried out during 2026 and 2027.
What this cooperation activates
Cider as a tool for development
- Agriculture and orchard recovery
- Heritage and popular culture
- Tourism and gastronomy
- Innovation and local economy
- Sustainability and circular economy
- Citizen and youth participation
Asturian origins
From an international encounter to lasting cooperation
Ongoing contact at SISGA showed that many European territories faced shared challenges: generational renewal, variety protection, landscape conservation and greater visibility for producers.
Fundación Asturies XXI promoted Cider Cities together with Gijón City Council, the Gijón Chamber of Commerce and Fundación Caja Rural de Gijón. Municipalities from different European regions subsequently joined the network.
Organisation
An initiative by Fundación Asturies XXI
The Foundation coordinates the competition, samples, professional activities, relations with producers, press and public, and the subsequent publication of results.
