A team from MD&S Distributors visited Cava producer Vallformosa, traveling to Spain this spring and touring the winery’s operations, vineyards and caves. Vallformosa is a family-run wine cellar established in Vilobí del Penedès, Barcelona, Spain, making wines since 1865. It makes its Spanish sparkling wines under the Cava, Penedès and Catalunya designation of origins. Its wines are made using high levels of product quality control, from the vineyard to the bottle, and it also makes 100% of the grape must used for all of its products. Exported to more than 50 countries worldwide, MD&S Distributors offers its Gran Barón Cava Brut and Cava Brut Rosado (Rosé) in Connecticut.
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- Vallformosa has been producing its award-winning cavas for more than 150 years.
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- Visitors heading into the Vallformosa caves, where the cava (the Spanish word for “cave”) is aged, and the cellar, where the cava rests for at least 12 months or longer for the vintage varieties.
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- MD&S Distributors’ team during the tour with guests and staff: Michael Belardo, Russell Melita (first two from left) and Vincent Melita (far right).
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- Cava Vallformosa barrels in the cellar, or cave, which has been preserved since its founding date in 1865. The family maintains what used to be the primary wine cellar as a museum to show the public its history.
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- The family’s winemaking tradition has been handed down from generation to generation, with a mix of old and new vines.
