{"id":10499,"date":"2014-11-01T06:33:15","date_gmt":"2014-11-01T11:33:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/?p=10499"},"modified":"2014-11-01T06:33:15","modified_gmt":"2014-11-01T11:33:15","slug":"still-a-thirst-for-cavas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/2014\/11\/01\/still-a-thirst-for-cavas\/","title":{"rendered":"Still a Thirst for Cavas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/110114a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-10500\" style=\"border: 5px solid transparent;\" alt=\"110114a\" src=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/110114a.jpg\" width=\"262\" height=\"216\" \/><\/a>Upon returning home from the Pened\u00e9s wine region of Catalonia, I still had a thirst for cavas. Kathy and I had many cavas while visiting wineries in the Pened\u00e9s and while staying in Barcelona. Back in Maryland there is less of a selection of cavas. Imagine my surprise last evening, when at a French restaurant, the only sparkling wine on the menu was a cava. I had to try it.<\/p>\n<p>The restaurant served the cava in a 187 ml bottle with a screw cap. Freixenet Carta Nevada Brut delivered on taste, but was disappointing on the stream of bubbles. The cava was a light yellow with 11.5% alcohol. I noticed apple and yellow stone fruit with a hint of citrus and minerality. Disappointing was the almost non-existent stream of bubbles, so few you could count them and have to wait to count a couple more. One of the reasons I enjoy sparkling wines is because of the fizz. I also enjoy watching the columns of bubbles. While in the Pened\u00e9s we visited the Cava Regulatory Organization (Consejo Regulador del Cava). While attending a lecture about cava regulations, we were served cavas, each in individual glasses. The first cava served had a steady stream of bubbles a half hour later. This was our experience with the cavas we had while in Spain.<\/p>\n<p>Why was the Freixenet Carta Nevada Brut almost bubble less? Perhaps I just had a bottle that didn\u2019t deliver. Perhaps it was the screw cap. On the positive side the cava did pair well with the sole that I had for dinner. It was light and refreshing. The cava was a blend of Macabeo, Xarel-lo and Parellada. It also paired perfectly with the house salad. My thirst for cavas will continue.<\/p>\n<p>Cheers,<br \/>\nTerry<\/p>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" class=\"owbutton\" src=\"http:\/\/www.onlywire.com\/button\" title=\"Still a Thirst for Cavas\" url=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/?p=10499\"><\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Upon returning home from the Pened\u00e9s wine region of Catalonia, I still had a thirst for cavas. Kathy and I had many cavas while visiting wineries in the Pened\u00e9s and while staying in Barcelona. Back in Maryland there is less of a selection of cavas. Imagine my surprise last evening, when at a French restaurant, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[174],"tags":[1394,3170],"class_list":["post-10499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wine-newscommentary","tag-cava","tag-penedes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10499"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10499\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10501,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10499\/revisions\/10501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}