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The Freixenet Cava winery, Catalonia, Spain.

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Old grape press outside Freixenet cava winery, Catalonia, Spain.

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Freixent winery tower, Catalonia, Spain.

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Climbing into the Cava Car at Freixenet winery, Catalonia, Spain.

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High-end cava maturing in traditional riddling racks. Freixenet winery, Catalonia, Spain.

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The cava cellar at Freixent winery, Catalonia.

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Old fungus-covered cava bottles in the cellar of Freixenet, Catalonia, Spain.

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A robot stacks bottles of cava for maturation. Freixenet winery cellar, Catalonia.

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Automatic riddling machines work to bring yeast from secondary fermentation to the neck of the cava bottle. Freixent winery, Catalonia.

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Mature bottles of cava whiz towards the disgorging machine. Frexeinet winery, Catalonia.

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With the yeast frozen in the neck of the bottle, cava bottles are automatically righted before disgorging. Freixenet, Catalonia.

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With the frozen yeast plug disgorged, cava bottles move along conveyors towards the corking machine. Freixenet, Catalonia.

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Finished bottles of cava are lifted onto a conveyor for packing. Feixenet, Catalonia.