[ If he were privy to your thoughts, Mason would indeed be jealous, because Asil had decided to pick a vintage grown in Rioja and shipped as a gift from overseas. ]

Cava is often called Spain's answer to French champagne. [ He squints a little, relaxed as he is in his seat and then admits: ] I only had it once and that was fairly long ago. And since I am lazy, I have never really looked for it once I settled here.

It is light and bubbly. I prefer the rosé variety between that and white.