If you prefer looking for small growers when you buy champagne instead of the big houses, maybe it is time to do the same when you buy Cava, the Spanish sparkling. Cava from the big houses are well distributed all over the world, but some smaller producers are also seen on the export market and are well worth looking for.
There is a special stamp on the label that you should look for: Elaborador Integral.
This stamp enables you to identify cava that comes from a winery that owns the land, has picked their own grapes, made the vinification, the first fermentation, the second fermentation in bottle and the ageing in their cellars.
Two new wineries were recently added to the list of Elaborador Integral and the total number is now 17. These are the wineries:
- Agustí Torelló Mata,
- Alta Alella,
- Avinyó,
- Blancher,
- Bodegas Escudero,
- Can Suriol,
- Celler Carlos
- Andreu,
- Família Ferrer,
- Gatell,
- Giró del Gorner,
- Juvé & Camps,
- Mastinell,
- Ondarre,
- Parató Vinicola,
- Parés Balta,
- Tomé & Bel,
- Vins el Cep
Some of our special favourites are Alta Alella, Carlos Andreu, Parés Baltà and Juvé & Camps.
