About Us
At Avventura Vintners, we believe that great sparkling wine should be fun and free from all the fuss that usually accompanies the enjoyment of bubbly. To do this, we get the grapes that make CBW so special from a special location; California’s Napa Valley.
Augusta, Broadway, Sun Valley… Just the name of some places evokes intrinsic quality. Nowhere is that more true than in the world of wine. The French, who always seem to have a different word for everything, call it terroir – their word for the sum of the geographical attributes that give a wine a ‘sense of place’. We agree that where you grow something definitely affects its flavor. Anyone who has eaten real Stilton cheese or a Walla Walla sweet onion knows that. No where is that more true than with Cabernet Sauvignon grapes and the Napa Valley.
Just what is it about the terroir of the Napa Valley that makes it a great place to grow Cabernet Sauvignon grapes? Some say the climate – usually described as Mediterranean – hot and dry summers, warm and dry springs and autumns, and cool (but not too cold) wet winters. The more traditional (mostly those French again) wine philosophers are convinced that the soil is the critical factor. Most of the soils in the Napa Valley are rich and alluvial with varying amounts of clay. Some say it is the proximity to all of the great restaurants that are scattered throughout the valley. A few claim that it is the skill of the winemakers who make their home in the navel of California’s wine regions. We don’t really care why; we just know that the Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon is second to none! (As is California Bubble Works!)