SPAIN
Basca
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Basca is a Cava from the Penedes region in Cataluña, this is where cava finds its origins. The name of Cava comes from the Catalan word ‘cave’ for cellar.
The creation of Cava is associated with the growth of the Catalan wine production during the mid-1800’s and the growth in popularity of Champagne at the end of the 19th century. The fermentation process that Louis Pasteur developed was adopted as part of the second fermentation in the bottle, during the same period it was discovered that cork preserved the bubbles, all the ingredients were at hand to make and preserve sparkling wines.
In the late 1800’s in Cataluña a few wine farmers started experimenting with making wines in the same way as in Champagne using the locally grown white grapes. In 1872 Josep Raventós Fatjó of the Codorníu estate in the village of Sant Sadurní d’Anoia is said to be the first to produce wine made using the Champagne method in Cataluña. The traditional grapes used to make Cava are Xarello, Macabeo and Parellada.
Cava is well established in Spain from the 1920’s, then consumption and production grows to a greater scale in the 60’s, however Cava was then consumed solely in Spain, nowadays 200 million bottles of Cava are produced every year and Cava is sold all over the world.
Cataluña is one of the oldest wine producing regions in Europe. Vilafranca del Penedes is the capital of the region where the Denominacio d' Origen Penedes is centered. The soil in the Penedes is mostly limestone and the mild climate along the Mediterranean coast create ideal conditions for viticulture.