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Art Laietà, Alella, Catalunya

by  |  05-11-2025

This bottle of Bruant marks the first wine I’ve tasted since the rebrand of Alta Alella/Celler de Les Aus to now be Art Laietà, which happened in October. Technically, the full name is Art Laietà... more »

Corpinnat jumps to 16 with Kripta joining

by  |  30-07-2025

It’s difficult to keep up with the new additions to the sparkling wine association of Corpinnat as today, they’ve just added their 16th member, Celler Kripta which, until February of 2024 was known as Agustí... more »
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Cava Rovellats, Penedès, Catalunya

by  |  31-01-2025

The winery of Rovellats has an extensive enotourism offer which is how I actually first came into contact with them about 10 years ago via a very weird situation of having to fill in on... more »

Muscàndia renames to Viader, leaves DO Cava

by  |  21-01-2025

In what marks another loss for the embattled Spanish Denomination of Origin Cava, the sparkling producer, Muscàndia has announced that as of December 2024, they have parted ways with Cava. In speaking with director, Eduard... more »
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Penedès sparkling wines

by  |  17-12-2024

These are a couple of fine sparkling wines from the Penedès region of Catalunya with one being a surprise and the other, not. First, the non-surprise which is the Gran Torelló from Torelló within the... more »
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Hispano-Suizas, València, Spain

by  |  27-06-2024

This is a new tasting that picks up from the previous one of Hispano-Suizas in the València region. The main takeaway from this is how vintage-dependent their wines are as there were some large swings... more »
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Cavas, Catalunya

by  |  19-01-2024

Here we have a series of DO Cava wines that didn’t make it into the main sparkling wine report at the end of 2023 as they arrived after that lengthy report (which included all the... more »
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Hispano-Suizas, València, Spain

by  |  21-12-2023

Here’s a selection from Hispano-Suizas who are producing wines just outside the village of El Pontón and allows them to bounce between producing primarily in DO Utiel-Requena as well as DO Valencia and DO Cava.... more »
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Marqués de Griñón, Dominio de Valdepusa, Spain

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This represents a tasting of what seems to be most of the portfolio for Marqués de Griñón who are located right in the center of Spain, halfway between Madrid and Toledo. While this forms this... more »

How did Cava get so small?

by  |  29-11-2023

"la DO Cava es mucho más que Corpinnat" “DO Cava is much more than Corpinnat” This was part of a declaration made by DO Cava president Javier Pagés at the beginning of February, 2019 when... more »