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    Cava Spain's Premium Sparkling Wine
    Cava Spain's Premium Sparkling Wine
    Cava Spain's Premium Sparkling Wine
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    Cava Spain's Premium Sparkling Wine

    By Anna Wallner

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    In the recent years, Cava has taken the stage as Spain's star sparkling wine, not only thanks to its remarkable quality to price ratio, but also because more and more connoisseurs are recognizing its richness and complexity.

    This book offers a great overview of the Cava's origins, its elaboration, and its variety of tastes. You will learn all you need to know about the grapes, the traditional methods, as well as established and emerging premium Cava producers. Recipes of traditional Catalonian dishes that perfectly accompany a Cava dinner round off this concise, but very informative book
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherEken Press
    Release dateMar 29, 2021
    ISBN9781908233394
    Cava Spain's Premium Sparkling Wine
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    Anna Wallner

    Swedish author Anna Wallner is one of those people who decided to leave the safety of their urban life to follow their heart. This decision took her on a path that led her to Penedès, the wine region outside Barcelona where everything revolves around Cava.

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      Cava Spain's Premium Sparkling Wine - Anna Wallner

      BUBBLES MAKE YOU HAPPY!

      There is something special about bubbles. With a glass of sparkling wine in your hand, life just becomes easier in some way. Whether if it’s Champagne, Cava, Prosecco or Sekt is perhaps less important, because the bubbles themselves have an exuberant effect on mood and life.

      I grew up in a family where Champagne was served on New Year’s Eve only, never seeing other types of sparkling during my childhood. It was only when I met my husband that I realized the pure magic of sparkling wine. He loved both Cava and Champagne, and happily served me these bubbles with all kinds of foods—which I had never experienced before. Nowadays, we open a bottle of bubbles whenever we get the chance—always having at least one bottle in the fridge. I highly recommend you adopt this habit too, because you never know when you might need it. And it also makes everyday life so much more fun.

      I truly believe that we’d all be much happier if we could just learn to enjoy life on a bit more and rejoice in the good things around us.

      Maybe you’re like me… An extremely fortunate person, who has friends, family, all the love and a comfortable home. In other words, things to be extremely thankful for—things to celebrate.

      Most people seldomly celebrate, rather just rushing on with their everyday lives—forgetting what’s really important. But I believe it’s the small things that matter, so why not take the chance to remember them? Open a bottle of bubbles, sit down and take in the moment. The reason can be anything, really. Maybe you just got a new job, bought a dog, finished the renovation of your house or just survived your child’s fifth birthday party.

      So be sure to keep a bottle of bubbles in your fridge always, because you never know when it will come in handy.

      I hope you enjoy this book and that it helps you discover the special sensation of sparkling wine. My greatest joy would be that if this book helps you celebrate at least one of your life’s little moments more, then my work will have been worth it!

      Salud and cheers!

      THE JOURNEY CONTINUES

      My mother always says that things happen for a reason. Maybe you can’t see it, because you’re in the middle of it all—but in time, you will. I’m starting to see it now, what all the work was for and how it’s changed me. Not only myself —my family, my friends and people around me have experienced the change too.

      Through my work with Cava, I have gained so much experience, knowledge, friends and in truth a new life. Our plans for the future has been altered, and our children will forever be affected by the change in my career. They will find it normal to have winemakers as aunties and uncles; that Swedish, Spanish, Catalan and English are spoken in a constant mix around them. They will know the differences between vines as any other Swede would know the difference between trees in the forest. It’s fantastic to think about the power behind our choices, and I’m excited about what the future might bring. One thing I know now is that I will never let Penedès go, and I will continue to help spread the passion, love and happiness these bubbles and their creators have given to me.

      Why Cava?

      It all started during my studies to become sommelier. I became increasingly interested in sparkling wine. I bought every book on the subject I could lay my hands on, which resulted in a solid library of Champagne literature.

      My frustration not finding any literature on the other sparkling wines grew. And when I discovered that three-quarters of the Encyclopedia of Sparkling Wines consisted of texts on Champagne, that was the straw that broke the camel’s back. What about Italian Prosecco, German Sekt, South African Cap Classique, Australian sparkling wine or Russian champanskij? Where was the Spanish Cava? Cava is after all, the most-exported bubbles in the world, but you’ll only find at most—a single page on the subject in wine literature.

      After much searching, I finally found one book dedicated to Cava. I’ll say that again: Just. One. So I decided to do something about it.

      What you hold in your hand is the second edition of the book dedicated to Cava, its creators, the land it comes from and everyone who loves these bubbles.

      Anna Wallner

      Uppsala January 2018

      LOVED AND MORE POPULAR THAN EVER

      Cava is the world’s most-exported sparkling wine in terms of bottles. In 1980, a total of 28 million bottles of Cava were produced and 12 percent of these were exported. In 2016, the production had increased to 245 million bottles, of which 65 percent were sold outside Spain. These figures show how massively Cava has grown and also how much is consumed by us living outside Spain.

      Although Cava’s popularity has grown immensely, too many of us still drink these Spanish bubbles more or less completely without thought. Unlike Champagne, it seems that many people drink Cava without knowing much about the product itself, its history, geography, production, grapes or anything that makes this sparkling wine so special. Most of the consumers I have met would in earlier years have chosen Cava when they wanted an inexpensive fizz.

      In recent days, Cava is finally starting to get the attention it deserves. People are slowly learning that Cava and Champagne should not be compared, and that they have different characteristics—used for different occasions and each enjoyed for their own qualities.

      Before this trend started, we were lucky if we found the good Cavas outside Spain. And even if we did find them, most of us were unaware of our luck. Since they nudged the same price range as the cheapest Champagnes, and due to our history and upbringing we chose the Champagne, against better judgement, just because the name on the label was Champagne.

      How can this be? Frankly, because we—as consumers—have been more interested in what it says on the bottle, than in the contents of the bottle itself.

      Many of us know nothing about Cava. How could we have learned? There’s no literature or information. We have wallowed in our ignorance, thinking that Cava is a cheap Spanish fizz. We could not be more mistaken! When it comes to Champagne, the situation is reversed. Here we have been able to read book after book on the subject to our hearts content. Even if we weren’t interested, we couldn’t escape the fact that Champagne should be cold, dry and free of charge, as Churchill once said.

      And if we have had that interest, there

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