This summer may not be providing the sunshine, but bubbles make every event more fun, whether it’s a big party, a swanky opera picnic, or just a bottle to huddle with under a gazebo in the garden. It’s all down to those clever little bubbles transporting the alcohol straight into the bloodstream, giving an immediate lift.
The good news, now that decent cheap champagne costs more than £20 a bottle, is that there are lots of lip-smacking cheaper alternatives. Spain’s methode champenoise cava sparklers have come in out of the cold at last, with better quality, less peppery, oily, lime aftershave notes, and better distribution. Tighter regulations with minimum ageing and a return to traditional Catalan grapes grown in and around cava’s tongue-twister centre of
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