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Penedès (Catalan pronunciation: [pənəˈðɛs]) is a Spanish Denominación de Origen Protegida (DOP) (Denominació d'Origen Protegida in Catalan) for wines in Catalonia, . Penedès DOP includes all of the Penedès region and municipalities of four other counties : Anoia , Alt Camp , Baix Llobregat and Tarragonès .
The wine region classification in Spain takes a quite complex hierarchical form in which the denominación de origen protegida is a mainstream grading, equivalent to the French AOC and the Italian DOC. As of 2019, Spain has 138 identifiable wine regions under some form of geographical classification (2 DOCa/DOQ, 68 DO, 7 VC, 19 VP, and 42 VT).
In Spain outside of the Torres family's native Penedès region, they own vineyards in DO Conca de Barberà, [3] DO Toro, DO Jumilla, DO Ribera del Duero, DOQ Priorat and most recently in DOC Rioja - in the last three areas with new wineries or wineries under construction. Likewise, Torres is also Spain's largest producer of DO wines under its ...
Heredad Segura Viudas is a Spanish winery in Torrelavit in the Penedès wine region of Barcelona specializing in Cava. [1] Its origins have been traced back to the 11th century. [2] In 2018 Segura Viudas received the organic farming certification from the Catalan Council of Organic Agricultural Production. [3
Years later, in 1872, Josep Raventós produced cava for the first time in Spain using the “traditional method” and established a completely new industry in the Alt Penedès region. The Codorníu cellars at Sant Sadurní d'Anoia were built on the orders of Manuel Raventós between the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century ...
Raventós i Blanc is a Catalan winery and family business founded in 1497 in Sant Sadurní d'Anoia, Penedès, Catalonia, Spain, [1] a wine region known for Cava sparkling wine. The estate of the Raventós family covers about 90 hectares of vineyards and woodlands. The winery produces natural wine. [2]
Only wines produced in the traditional method may be labelled "cava"; those produced by other processes may only be called "sparkling wines" (vinos espumosos). About 95% of all cava is produced in the Penedès area in Catalonia, Spain, with the village of Sant Sadurní d'Anoia being home to many of the largest Catalan production houses.
In Spain outside of the Torres family's native Penedès region, they own vineyards in DO Conca de Barberà, DO Toro, DO Jumilla, DO Ribera del Duero, DOQ Priorat and most recently in DOC Rioja - in the last three areas with new wineries or wineries under construction. Likewise, Torres is also Spain's largest producer of DO wines under its own ...