The holidays will soon be knocking
at our doors and there is nothing more festive than offering your guests a
welcome glass of bubbly, in this case, cava (sparkling wine from Spain)
to start the festivities off on an elegant note. We were delighted to "discover"
VARA Silverhead Brut,
Cava Método Tradicional, which is an elegant and delicious
Cava D.O. whether served by itself or used as a complementing component in cocktails.
Cheers!
Beginning a holiday dinner or a special
party with a glass of bubbly for your guests always adds a festive and
celebratory note to any occasion, it also makes good alcohol sense. While VARA
Silverhead Brut, Cava Método Tradicional from Spain is absolutely delicious, it
also only has 11.5% alcohol by volume, whereas most wines come in around the
12- 13% alcohol by volume range, and some wines tip the scales at 14.5% alcohol
by volume. For those looking to enjoy lower alcohol levels, VARA Silverhead
Brut Cava makes sparkling sense.
VARA Silverhead Brut Cava
Information:
Winery:
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Vara Winery
& Distillery
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Location:
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ALT PENEDES
district of Spain
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Appellation:
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Cava D.O.
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Varietals:
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50% Xarel-lo,
25% Macabeu, 25% Parellada
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Alcohol:
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11.5% alcohol
by volume
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Residual
Sugar Level:
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8 grams/liter
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Serving
Temperature:
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Chilled
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Price:
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$18/750 ml bottle
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Tasting Notes: Vara
Silverhead Brut Cava is made from a blend of three types of Spanish white
grapes, Xarel-lo, Macabeu, and Parellada, which are the
traditional grapes used for making cava. The cava has a beautiful light straw
color and lively bubbles. On the nose, there are mineral notes. On the palate,
there is nice minerality, slate, citrus, and green apple notes, with a crisp
and delectable finish.

Doug Diefenthaler Co-Founder
VARA Winery & Distillery
The Vara Silverhead Brut Cava is
delicious on its own or to pair with food. Its crisp elegance pairs nicely with
creamy cheeses like Camembert, Brie, or Époisses, as well as with oysters and seafood.
Cava is also a lovely accompaniment to desserts.
With a retail price of $18/ 750 ml
bottle, VARA Silverhead Brut Cava is perfect for the holidays, special parties,
as a gift, and for anytime you want a little bubbly to add a bit of sparkle to
your life.

Xavier Zamparripa, Co-Founder
VARA Winery & Distillery
Luxury Experience created some
very specials cava cocktails perfect for the holidays or anytime. We hope that
they tempt your palate into trying them or inspire your own creations using VARA
Silverhead Brut Cava.
Luxury Experience Cocktail
Menu
Luxury Experience - The Blue
Diamond
Luxury Experience - Maple Sparkler
Luxury Experience - C.A.B.
Cava cocktails are an easy and
elegant way to dress up a party and add a festive touch to any occasion. We
created three hand-crafted special VARA Silverhead Brut Cava cocktails to
inspire your palate.
Luxury Experience - The Blue
Diamond
Yield: 1 Cocktail
Glass: 4-ounce Flute
Luxury Experience - The Blue
Diamond cocktail takes its name from the Blueberry ContinuRum,
which gives it a gorgeous blue color. As this cocktail is a "sparkler" we named
it for the most famous of the blue diamonds, the Hope Diamond.
Cocktail Ingredients:
3
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Ounces
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VARA Silverhead Brut Cava
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1
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Ounce
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1
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Lemon
peel, garnish
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Method: Add the ingredients
in order given to a flute glass.
Luxury Experience - Maple
Sparkler
Yield: 1 Cocktail
Glass: Flute
Luxury Experience - Maple
Sparkler begins with VARA Silverhead Brut Cava, adds Litchfield
Distillery Maple Bourbon, and a maple sugar candy sprinkled with 3
dashes of Fee Brothers
Whiskey Barrel-Aged Bitters placed in the bottom of a flute glass.
Break out your best party outfit or your favorite LBD (Little Black Dress) to
enjoy this cocktail.
Cocktail Ingredients:
Method for the Cocktail: Add the ingredients in order given to a flute
glass. Enjoy!
Luxury Experience - C.A.B
Yield: 1 Cocktail
Glass: Vintage Hollow-Stem Champagne Coupe
Luxury Experience - C.A.B. takes its
playful name from its ingredients (C)ava and (A)pple (B)randy.
We love the look of this cocktail served in a
vintage hollow-stem champagne coupe.
Cocktail Ingredients:
1
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Ounce
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Ounce
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VARA
Silverhead Brut Cava
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Method: Add the ingredients
in order given to the vintage hollow-stem champagne coupe.
Whether you opt to enjoy VARA
Silverhead Brut Cava by itself or use it in a cocktail, adding a bit of sparkle
to your life makes every day special. Cheers, its cocktail time!
Information on VARA Winery
& Distillery
Xavier Zamparripa and Doug
Diefenthaler founded Vara Winery & Distillery in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
"Vara is an international family
of Spanish and American wines and spirits celebrating the origin of the
American wine experience thanks to the historical connection of Spain and New
Mexico. The history of wine in New Mexico is over 390 years old and is as rich
and complicated as its colorful landscapes. The flavor of this ancient history
plays out in the wines produced here from robust reds to crisp whites. Wine
lovers will find Vara wines an enchanting experience.
In 1629, 140 years before the
first Missions of California were established and planted, a Franciscan friar
named García de Zúñiga and a Capuchín monk named Antonio de Arteaga planted the
first European wine grapes in what is now the U.S. at a pueblo in the Rio
Grande Valley of the Province of New Mexico.
Viticulture took hold in the
valley, and by the year 1880 the New Mexico territory was the fifth largest
wine producer in America. The cuttings brought to the new world by missionaries
from Spain were of a Vitis Vinifera grape variety known as Listán Prieto, or
the present-day Mission grape. This variety has been continuously grown and is
still harvested in New Mexico today.
We produce wines from Spanish
grape varietals grown in Spain and various American vineyards including right
here in New Mexico. Under the direction of our winemaking team, Bob and Louisa
Lindquist, we acquire fruit from the highest quality growers of Spanish grape
varieties in the U.S. The harvested fruit is brought to our New Mexico facility
where the wines are made and aged in individual lots until Bob and Louisa assemble
the final cuvees.
Vara co-founders Doug Diefenthaler
and Xavier Zamarripa regularly travel to Spain and are committed to growing or
locating the best fruit for our Spanish wines and cava. We are very fortunate
to have agreements for grape production and wine making with the best grape
growers and producers in Spain."
For information on Vara Winery
& Distillery and purchasing their outstanding wines, please visit their
website: www.Varawines.com
Vara Winery & Distillery315 Alameda Blvd. NE
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87113
Telephone: +1-505-898-6280
Email:
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