Juvé & Camps leaves DO Cava for Corpinnat

In what has long-been suspected by many, today Juvé & Camps announced that they have left the DO Cava to join the association of Corpinnat and raise its total members to 22. And, the winery has confirmed that, despite the date of this news, it's not an elaborate April Fool's joke. This marks what is the biggest loss for DO Cava since the initial Corpinnat group of five left in 2019. Juvé & Camps, in addition to existing for over a century, sees an annual production of around 2.5 million bottles and will nearly double the overall production of Corpinnat. They also own or control 252ha of vineyards in the region. Even before joining Corpinnat, Juvé & Camps long-met the requirements of farming completely organically and aging their wines far longer than the minimum for Corpinnat of 18 months, let alone the base minimum of nine months for Cava. While…