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Raventós i Blanc is a Catalan winery and
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founded in 1497 in Sant Sadurní d'Anoia, Penedès,
Catalonia Catalonia is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationalities and regions of Spain, nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia of 2006, Statute of Autonomy. Most of its territory (except the Val d'Aran) is situate ...
, Spain, a wine region known for Cava sparkling wine. The estate of the Raventós family covers about 90 hectares of
vineyard A vineyard ( , ) is a plantation of grape-bearing vines. Many vineyards exist for winemaking; others for the production of raisins, table grapes, and non-alcoholic grape juice. The science, practice and study of vineyard production is kno ...
s and woodlands. The winery produces natural wine. Pepe Raventós is the twenty-first generation of his family to work the estate. In 1872, Josep Raventós Fatjó made the first bottle-fermented wine in Spain using native Spanish grape varieties.


See also

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List of oldest companies The oldest companies in the world are the brands and companies which remain operating (either in whole or in part) since inception, excluding associations and List of oldest universities in continuous operation, educational, government, or relig ...
* Juvé y Camps * Freixenet * Codorníu


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* {{Spanish wine regions Wineries of Spain Companies established in the 15th century 15th-century establishments in Spain Sparkling wines Catalan wine