Freixenet is a Spanish company that produces cava and other sparkling and still wines, based in San Sadurní de Noya, in the province of Barcelona.
The company was founded after the union of two families specialized in the wine market: the Ferrers, owners of La Freixeneda present since the 12th century, and the Salas, founders of Casa Sala. When Pedro Ferrer Bosch married Dolores Sala Vivé, the foundations of the company were laid. When Spanish wine production fell at the end of the 19th century, many Freixenet companies became interested in cava production, beginning to bottle sparkling wines under the Freixenet brand from 1914.
During the Spanish Civil War, the family lost the company, but recovered it at the end of the war thanks to the drive of Dolores Sala and her daughter. In 1941, they managed to launch their best-selling product, the "Carta Nevada" cava. Under the control of José Ferrer, at the end of the 1950s Freixenet managed to improve the company's commercial trajectory until it became one of the main companies dedicated to cava. In 1974 Freixenet launched "Cordón Negro". Since the 1970s Freixenet began its expansion into international markets and in 1985 it became the world leader in the cava market.
In the following decades Freixenet launched more modern and innovative products such as Elyssia cava in 2009, Freixenet ICE cava to drink on the rocks in 2016, Freixenet Prosecco DOC in 2017 or Freixenet Wines in 2021.
In 2018 the German group Henkell & Co. acquired 50% of Freixenet.
In 2019, the Spanish-German alliance was renamed Henkell Freixenet, creating the world's leading sparkling wine group.
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