Have you ever gone to buy a bottle of bubbly only to be stopped in your tracks by all the different options on the store ...

Our 2022 sparkling wine guide: 50+ label terms, what to know before you buy. ... In Catalonia – a Spanish autonomous region - this grape is called Macabeo and is the primary blending grape in Cava.

The most confusing part of a sparkling wine label is the designation of sweetness. “Brut,” the descriptor most commonly seen, means dry. “Extra dry,” however, means not so dry.

Nearly all premium sparkling wines in the New World use the Traditional Method. (New World wines are basically every wine region not in Europe.) In the United States, sparkling wines using the ...

It's hard to get good Champagne for less than $25, so if you want European sparkling wine on a budget, you have to look to France's neighbors, Spain and Italy. Spanish Cava and Italian Prosecco ...

The producers of Cava, the famous Spanish sparkling wine, ... where the wine comes from a selected vineyard often mentioned by name on the label. The wine is aged 36 months or longer.

D.O. Cava responded to these challenges with several changes to its labeling regulations, beginning in 2020. First, subzones were approved to give some geographic specifications to a wine’s origin.

Sant Sadurní d'Anoia is a sleepy little Catalan town, but it's also the heart of Cava production. Cava is the sparkling wine of Spain; the country produces some 220 million bottles of it each year.

Cava is primarily made in the Catalonian wine region, Penedès, but other areas which are authorized to label their cava as such are Aragón, Euskadi, Extremadura, La Rioja, Navarra, and València.

Cava is no longer only matured in the caves that give Spain’s sparkling wine its name. The painstaking winemaking dictated by the traditional method (the same as Champagne’s) is no longer ...

Cava is to Spain what Champagne is to France. This budget-friendly sparkling wine pairs wonderfully with food and ranges in price point. There are plenty of delicious cavas for $20 or less and ...