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Examples of cava in a Sentence
Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 7 Aug. 2023
Remove the lid and add 6 ounces of Aperol, 2 ounces of sparkling wine (prosecco, cava, Champagne, or pét-nat; take your pick), 2 ounces club soda, the juice from half to one orange, and 2 cups of ice.
—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Aug. 2023
Other sparkling wines like cava, crémant and sparkling riesling would be delicious, too.
—New York Times, 21 July 2022
Your Peach includes gin, passionfruit liqueur, peach, mint and cava.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 June 2023
This brut and a sibling rosé that costs just a dollar more demonstrate why Spain’s cava is my first choice for bargain sparklers.
—Dave McIntyre, Washington Post, 20 Apr. 2023
Plain cava must be aged on its lees for at least nine months, cava reserva for at least 15 months and gran reserva for at least 30 months.
—Dave McIntyre, Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2022
My favorite cava producers include 1+1=3, Biutiful, Juve & Camps and Navaran.
—Dave McIntyre, Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2022
Made in a cava style in the Penedès region of Spain, this is fruit-forward without being too sweet.
—Jeanne O'Brien Coffey, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2021
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Word History
borrowed from Catalan, short for vi de cava, literally, "wine from (a) cave" (referring to the vaults where the wine was stored for secondary fermentation)
1978, in the meaning defined above
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“Cava.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cava. Accessed 2 Dec. 2023.
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