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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

Our winemakers bubbles raise Valencia to Heaven!   Under this motto the 1st Valencian cava fair took place last weekend in the grand and appropriate setting of the Cloister of Valencia's University. As one grower put it, `a serious venue for a quality product ´. And he wasn´t joking. This was my first opportunity to taste a number of Cavas in one sitting so to speak and I was wondering why this

Ist Valencia Cava Fair, 27-29 November 2009.   As if this weekend wasn´t already busy enough PROAVA, ( Promocion Agroalimentaria de Calidad de la Communidad Valencia ) are holding the first Cava fair to showcase Cava from Valencia. Some 16 bodegas producing quality wines in the region will be showing their products in the cloister of the old University building in Calle de la Nave ( otherwise