La Hiruzta Winery, the only winery of Hondarribia and its txakoli, go through one of their best moments. Yesterday in Kursaal he was given the "Euskadi" Gastronomy Awards 2018. The prizes of the Basque Academy of Gastronomy. In this way the "Manuel Llano Gorostiza 2018”, Which recognizes the entities and individuals who are committed to promoting the culture of wine. Discover the reason for this recognition below.
Because it is an award that recognizes not only the good times that the txakoli de hiruzta but also the trajectory of this Basque winery. The Basque Academy of Gastronomy Its objective is the study, cultivation, research, dissemination, stimulation and dissemination of the Basque culinary and gastronomic arts. Within this framework, these awards were created in 1993 with the purpose of defending and promoting the Basque gastronomy.
Respect for autochthonous varieties
This award values the Hiruzta Winery his marked vocation innovative. As well as the long-term vision of your project, which has a particular oenological line. The one that bets on the possibilities of the autochthonous variety Hondarrabi Zuri and Hondarrabi Beltza. It was also appreciated that the family assumes its commitment to promote the culture of wine through a wide range of txakoli.
A good wine tourism project at Bodega Hiruzta
La Basque Academy of Gastronomy, on behalf of its President Doña María del Mar Churruca, awarded the work done by hiruzta. A job to recover the cultivation and production of Txakoli for Hondarribia, cradle of the Basque autochthonous variety.
At the awards ceremony, the Churruca Sea highlighted "love for him Txakoli and the commitment to Basque gastronomy shown by the Rekalde family and the team of hiruzta, pioneers of this project ”and added“ a family that had a dream; build your own winery Txakoli in one of the most beautiful places in Basque Country: Hondarribia, a dream that today is a reality ”.
La president of the Academy also praised the privileged place in which the Hiruzta winery and its vineyards. Receive the sea breeze from the cliffs of Jaizkibel. Then, the native grape, Hondarrabi Zuri, is the protagonist of these plots.
This award, along with recent Medals received by their txakoli in the most prestigious international competitions, they strengthen the trajectory of this winery. It is already a benchmark in the world of Txakoli and the wine tourism vasco.
