Posts tagged “Cava”

Behind the Cork™ - Vilarnau Cava

Vilarnau Cava These two wonderful Cavas are from Vilarnau in Spain. And now, they are 100% organic! The winery is a small, artisanal, hand crafted Cava house located outside of Barcelona that dates back to 1949. Made in the traditional méthode ch...

Behind the Cork™ - Vilarnau Cava

Vilarnau Cava These two wonderful Cavas are from Vilarnau in Spain. The winery is a small, artisanal, hand crafted Cava house located outside of Barcelona that dates back to 1949. Made in the traditional méthode champenoise, the Vilarnau bottles h...

Sparkling Wine - It Goes with Everything!

As we continue through the holiday season, the question of ‘which wine to buy?’ is constantly on our minds. And, the answer in any situation can always be ‘Sparkling wine!” Yes, sparking wines are maybe the most versatile wines out there. For brunch...

Behind the Cork™ - Wine of the Week

Vilarnau Brut Reserva Cava NV ($15) Vilarnau is a small artisanal handcrafted Cava house located just outside Barcelona Spain. This Cava is made the traditional way with 50% Macabeo, 35% Parellada and 15% Xarello. It is a dry Cava with soft fruit...

Behind the Cork™ - Wine of the Week

Vilarnau Brut Reserva Rosé Cava ($16) Vilarnau is a small artisanal handcrafted Cava house located just outside Barcelona Spain. This Cava is made from Trepat, a red-wine grape variety indigenous to northeastern Spain, and Pinot Noir. It is a dry...

Consider a Cava for the Holidays

Looking for a good, affordable bottle of bubbly for the holidays? Consider Cava. Cava is a sparkling wine from Spain with a lot of similarity to French Champagne. In fact, the Spanish bubbly was called Champaña in Spain until the 1970s when French r...

‘Tis the Season for Sparkling Wine!

Everybody loves sparkling wine. It’s festive. And this is the time of the year that a lot of sparking wine is served. Sparkling wine consumption in the U.S. surges during the holiday season. It is estimated that more than 40% of sparkling wine purch...

Cava - The Spanish Sparkling Wine

In the 1800s, Spain began producing sparkling wines to mimic their French neighbor’s Champagne and they called it Champaña. But in the 1970s, French regulations were put into place such that only sparkling wine produce in the Champagne region of Fra...

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