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Cava trumps Champagne when budget enters the sparkling-wine equation
Known simply as cava, Catalan for "cellar," these Spanish bubblies are made according to the traditional methods used most famously in France's Champagne region - but the resulting wines often cost a fraction of the French price, often less than $20 a bottle.
Most cava comes from the Penedes region of Catalonia in northeastern Spain. The predominant white wine grapes used are macabeo (viura), parellada and xarel-lo, according to "The New Wine Lover's Companion." Chardonnay also is permitted. Some cava producers make rose versions by using garnacha (grenache), monastrell (mourvedre) and pinot noir, the wine dictionary reports.
Spain is the largest producer of sparkling wine in the world, according to Wines of Spain, a division of the Trade Commission of Spain in New York. The United States is Spain's third-biggest customer for cava. Germany is first, followed by the United Kingdom.
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