How to Use cava in a Sentence
cava
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Just the slightest pink blush comes through on this dry, fresh cava rosé.
— Susan Choung, Good Housekeeping, 28 Nov. 2022 -
For those who love sparkling wines, Lucchese is a fan of cava.
— Elycia Rubin, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Dec. 2022 -
The bill for three, including a bottle of cava, was $98.
— Washington Post, 19 Nov. 2021 -
That got smeared on toast homemade bread, topped with a soft-boiled egg, and Elisabeth and I washed it down with a glass of cava.
— Wired, 1 Aug. 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 -
Mimosa kits come with a bottle of cava and orange and grapefruit juice.
— oregonlive, 26 Jan. 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 -
Mimosas come as singles or kits with a bottle of cava and a choice of orange or grapefruit juice.
— Mrussell, oregonlive, 30 Jan. 2018 -
Instead of a mimosa, try the Greek 75, which features an amber spirit called metaxa, along with honey, and a cava float.
— Annalise Mabe, Bon Appétit, 2 Sep. 2022 -
Your Peach includes gin, passionfruit liqueur, peach, mint and cava.
— Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 June 2023 -
Her housemate bought them a bottle of cava to celebrate.
— Anna Russell, The New Yorker, 22 June 2020 -
Combine your real estate tour with stops in the neighborhood's cool cava bars.
— Lilit Marcus, CNN, 26 July 2021 -
Mildew also hit vineyards in the cava-producing region of Penedes; some producers lost up to two-thirds of their grapes.
— Elin McCoy, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2020 -
It’s made with bourbon, Nonino, red bitters, lemon, and cava.
— BostonGlobe.com, 7 June 2021 -
Jaume Solé, a farmer in Catalonia, Spain, who grows grapes to make cava, had relied in recent years largely on Senegalese workers for the harvest.
— Ian Lovett, WSJ, 3 Oct. 2021 -
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 -
Champagne, prosecco, cava, or any dry sparkling wine To make, simply add pomegranate seeds to a champagne flute, add liqueur, then pour in sparkling wine.
— Woman's Day, 3 Jan. 2023 -
Other sparkling wines like cava, crémant and sparkling riesling would be delicious, too.
— New York Times, 21 July 2022 -
Ask for a table outside on the patio, and enjoy the Mimosa Kit — a bottle of brut cava with a choice of three juices — with one of the benedicts (the lobster and miso-cured salmon are great) or the bananas foster French toast.
— Catherine Garcia, The Week, 28 Jan. 2023 -
Prosecco, cava, or any other dry, sparkling white wine will taste just as delicious.
— Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 7 Aug. 2023 -
Today, in bustling hubs like Barcelona and Bilbao, people gather for grape-eating, counting down, and passing around bottles of cava.
— Boutayna Chokrane, Vogue, 1 Dec. 2023 -
Produced by Élivo winery in Spain using chardonnay grapes, this bottle equates to a semi-dry cava.
— Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, 7 Dec. 2022 -
It’s made using the same method as Champagne, with the second fermentation in the bottle, and with the classic grapes of cava, parellada, macabeu and xarello, of which Loxarel is an anagram.
— New York Times, 21 July 2022 -
From California bubbly and Spanish cava to Austrian sekt and even French sparkling wine from beyond the champagne region, these are some of our favorite non-champagne sparkling wines worth toasting to.
— Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, 6 Dec. 2022 -
Mix all ingredients besides cava in shaker, shake and strain into a martini glass.
— Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, 3 Aug. 2022 -
Choices on the inaugural service included red and white wines, an espresso martini, cava, a selection of liquors and Heineken beer.
— Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 1 Sep. 2022 -
Another option would be good cava — sparkling wine goes wonderfully with fried potatoes.
— The New York Times News Service Syndicate, The Denver Post, 16 May 2020 -
My favorite cava producers include 1+1=3, Biutiful, Juve & Camps and Navaran.
— Dave McIntyre, Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2022 -
Sparkling wine has been produced in Rioja for more than a century, generally designated as cava instead of the regional name.
— Dave McIntyre, Washington Post, 25 Nov. 2022
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