The name Cavatast ends: the festival of Sadurní d’Anoia will change to be inclusive of all sparkling wine cellars

Saint Sadurní d'AnoiaIn a time of change, the most emblematic festival of Sant Sadurní d’Anoia sparkling wines is also making its move. "We have hired an advertising company to look for and propose another one to us, which will include all the sparkling wine producers in the territory," explains the mayor, Pere Vernet i Caldú, who advances that they have not found it yet, but that they are working to achieve it. "We know that the name Cavatast is very consolidated," he affirms. "One of the conditions that the producing wineries not attached to the DO Cava have set us is that we change it if we want them to be there," he explains. It is clear that the Sant Sadurní City Council, the organizer, wants them to be there, because otherwise, they considered that they did not reflect the richness of the producing territory, and that is why they have commissioned an advertising company to find a name.

Thus, in the next edition, which will take place the first weekend of October, and which will be a special year as it will turn thirty years old, for the first time there will be wineries belonging to Corpinnat, Clàssic Penedès and Conca del Riu Anoia, all the brands that currently coexist in the sparkling wine producing territory. The event will be unusual and unprecedented, and will be linked to the new times being experienced in the territory: concern about grape prices, transfer of major wineries to the Corpinnat brand, global crisis in the sale of alcoholic beverages, foreign companies that have acquired wineries and also recognized debts of traditional producers.

Change of location, premiered

In the last two years, Cavatast has already taken steps towards change. The year writer Empar Moliner gave the inaugural speech, it premiered a new location, in Lluís Companys square. It also included the Vinari awards gala as part of the program, because otherwise, the festival found that some wineries were not attending, as they had to be present at the awards. "Now we are placing a screen so that attendees can follow the awards, and we even sponsor an award," says the mayor.

The change of name for Cavatast indicates a new era and aims to show that it wants to continue thinking about the future. "The festival has a great economic impact on all professional sectors of Sant Sadurní d'Anoia and the region in general," explains the mayor of Sant Sadurní, who also revealed that this year the person in charge of giving the speech will be local. "We haven't told them yet, so I can't give their name," concludes Vernet.