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    [caption id="attachment_952" align="alignleft" width="237" caption="Vincent Pétré opens the Cuvée Marie."][/caption] Champagne Daniel Pétré are a family firm based in the Cote de Bars, one of the lesser known components of champagne, and specifically in the town of Ville sur Arce, known also for the painter Renoir. The firm have their own vineyards but work with the Cooperative

Organised by PROAVA, the  body which promotes agriculture, food and wine from Valencia this fair took part over three days in the Carmen district, attracting seventeen bodegas and thousands of visitors . As always the aim was not just to show how good Valencian cavas are, and they are very good indeed, but also to kick-start this years campaign to sell 1.

[caption id="attachment_396" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Castell dels Sorells near Turis"][/caption] The `Artesan´cava Bodega of Castell dels Sorells sits on the road from Godelleta to Picassent  which winds it´s way through orange groves, kaki trees and seemingly abandoned parcels of vines in the DO Valencia. It takes its name ( Sorells) from the Valencian name for Horse Mackerel or