Only vintage-dated cuvées made with native grapes (no chardonnay or pinot noir grapes the Cava D.O. allows) and aged on the lees for at least 18 months. Their defection immediately raised the ...

Cava is made in Spain, mainly in the Catalonia region. It is made from a blend of grapes and again, like champagne, the the wine is fermented and aged in the bottle. The main difference is the ...

Prosecco is made from the lesser known grape variety, glera, and its method of production is different from Champagne or cava. Prosecco’s second fermentation doesn’t happen in the bottle but ...

It often costs double the price of other sparkling wines, such as prosecco or cava. A decent-quality bottle ... which gives the grapes the right acidity for sparkling-wine production.

There are fears Britain could be plunged into a Cava shortage amid the worst drought on record in Catalonia wreaking havoc with grape production. Freixenet has been forced to furlough 80 per cent ...