Abbreviation for the Spanish association of sparkling wine producers „Associació de Viticultors i Elaboradors CORPINNAT“; see there.
Designation for a sparkling wine from the DO area Penedès (name only applies to still wines) or Cava. The artificial word is composed of COR (heart - referring to the origin of Spanish sparkling wines in the heart of the Cava region, which were "invented" here), PINNA (etymological origin of the word Penedès "pinnae") and NAT...
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