improper references to self published sources . please help improve it by removing references to unreliable sources where they are used inappropriately . september 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message codorn u s.a. benjamin sec cava made by codorn u type sociedad an nima industry winery founded sant sadurn d anoia spain 1551 1551 founder jaume codorn u headquarters esplugues de llobregat spain area served worldwide key people mar ravent s president xavier pag s director general products cava website www.codorniu.com codorn u catalan pronunciation ku ur niw is the world s oldest and second largest producer of bottle fermented sparkling wine known as cava made by the traditional champagne method m thode traditionelle and it was founded in catalonia spain in 1551 . contents 1 history 2 see also 3 references 4 further reading 5 external links history edit gates leading to codorn u winery the codorn u family s wine business goes back to the middle of the 16th century . a document of that period states that the family had several machines and implements relating to the wine industry . in 1659 anna codorn u married miquel ravent s and the families each with a long wine tradition were united . years later in 1872 josep ravent s produced cava for the first time in spain using the traditional method and established a completely new industry in the alt pened s region . the codorn u cellars at sant sadurn d anoia were built on the orders of manuel ravent s between the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century 1895 1915 . he chose the renowned catal n architect josep puig i cadafalch to design the facility . 1 at that time codorn u was producing about 100 000 bottles of cava per year and the size of the new structure seemed overly grandiose . the location of the winery then some distance from the road and the railway line was also unusual for the time . manuel ravent s however was insistent that the family winery should be close to the vineyard as he was aware that such proximity would be the key to improving the quality of the wines . nowadays codorn u continues to control the production process of all its cavas from vineyard planting to finished product . the winery has the most modern installations and the very latest equipment . in 1976 the codorn u cellars at sant sadurn d anoia were declared a national monument of historical and artistic interest 2 by king juan carlos i. see also edit spanish wine cava list of oldest companies references edit http www.codorniu.com codorniu cincoii.html 1915 http www.codorniu.com codorniu cincoii.html 1976 further reading edit robinson jancis ed . the oxford companion to wine . oxford oxford university press second edition 1999 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to codorn u. codorn u website codorniu uk site retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title codorn u winery & oldid 663087715 categories 1551 establishments in spaincompanies based in cataloniaspanish brandswineries of spainhidden categories articles lacking reliable references from september 2012commons category with local link same as on wikidataspain articles missing geocoordinate dataall articles needing coordinates navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages catal deutschespa oleuskarafran aisgalegoitalianonederlands svenska edit links this page was last modified on 19 may 2015 at 14 15 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view