Cider from Euskadi, Navarra, and the French Basque Country will have a D.O. common

Published Jan 22, 2024

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The new cross-border designation of origin called 'Euskal sagardoa-Sidra del País Vasco-Cidre du Pays Basque-Euskal Sagarnoa' will include about 400 apple producers and 60 cider makers from Euskadi, Navarra, and the French Basque Country, making it the first cross-border DO in Europe. The goal is to have the common designation of origin in place by summer, with the first certified cider harvest expected in September-October 2024. The process to create this cross-border designation has involved collaboration and coordination between the Basque Government, Navarrese executive, and the Agglomeration Community of the French Basque Country, and will include a single regulation covering the types of apples and joint management.

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'Euskal sagardoa-Sidra del País Vasco-Cidre du Pays Basque-Euskal Sagarnoa' is the name of the new designation of origin that will welcome producers from Euskadi, Navarra and the French Basque Country - in total about 400 apple producers and 60 cider makers - , which will be grouped in the first cross-border DO in Europe. The institutions that promote it, on both sides of the Pyrenees, estimate that the common designation of origin will be in place by next summer, so that the first cider harvest that certifies It would be September-October 2024. This is the forecast made by the Basque Government counselor Arantxa Tapia, the Navarrese executive José Mari Aierdi and the Communauté d'Agglomértatión Pays Basque Joseba Erramundegi, which they presented this Friday in San Sebastián the joint certification in an event with representatives of the sectors involved. As explained, the integration of the producers of Zuberoa, Behe Nafarroa and Lapurdi, the three Basque provinces of France, ...

Source: Agrodiario