Cava - what do you know?

 First, Cava is from Spain, best known for being from the Barcelona region.

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My favourite of seven

Photo by Angela Lansbury.

Pink wine in a pretty bottle. Vilarnau Rose Delicat Reserva 2021. Casa de Guarda Superior Reserva. The grape varieties are 85% Garnacha (one of my favourites, known to me by its name grenache

) with 15% Pinot Noir noir meaning black from the dark colour of the skin, adding colour and flavour). Price only fourteen pounds sterling.

Some handy translations from Spanish to English, from bottle labels and brochures

English technical - daily English

coupage - blending

diurnal - daily or daytime

Nocturnal - night-time

vintage - aged (usually with the year given)

Spanish - English

brut - dry 

Brut nature (naturally dry with no added sugar)

d' - of, de with the e dropped before another vowel

de - of

del - of the

D.O. - designation of origin (place where the wine came from).

familia - family

mar - sea

san - saint (as in San Francisco which means Saint Francis)

sant - saint

sup - abbreviation for superior

reserva - reserved or saved (not sold but stored, good quality, or will become even better when stored to mature and develop more flavour)

The word cava comes from cave, as the original wines were kept in cool caves.

More information from Useful Websites

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