The traditional Asturian company Widow of Angelon Cider released a sad statement in their social networks last Saturday, when the fire that had devastated the facilities of its bottling plant, in Nava. The event had occurred at dawn when no one was in the facilities, destroying some 60,000 bottles of cider, as many empty boxes and destroying practically all the machinery and materials.
Since then, the signs of support have not stopped appearing both among customers and followers and among colleagues in the cider sector, as well as the entire Asturian society. Also the news has echoed he Chef Jose Andresa great fan of this traditional drink from his land, who lamented commenting that just a few days ago he had passed by thinking about how much he likes that cider, and expressing his full support.
According to what the owner of the company told ‘El Correo’, Fran Ordonez, it was he himself who discovered the fire early on Saturday, but when the firefighters arrived, the flames had already been extinguished. “Apparently, due to the heat and since everything was closed, the plant got so hot that everything that was kept inside melted,” he commented.
This fire is a hard sledgehammer for the family business, which has not only lost a large part of the cider production from this campaign, ready to send to its customers, but also all the machinery they use to continue bottling and fulfill orders. In addition, misfortune has wanted the accident to occur In high season of this drink, when more is sold.
In spite of everything, from Sidra Viuda de Angelón they have wanted to thank the numerous shows of support and solidarity received in such a short time, even with offers from other wineries to help with the bottling work or whatever it takes to get them out of the rut. The company, founded in 1947 by Alfredo Ordóñez Onís following his mother’s cider-making tradition, is one of the most beloved in the region and all of Asturias, as confirmed by the local media.
CIDER VDA. DE ANGELON Box of 6 bottles
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