Spain's leading cava producers, Freixenet and Codorniu, have officially declared an end to their ten-year legal battled dubbed the "cava wars".

"It's true and official," a Codorniu spokesperson told Just-Drinks.com, adding that both companies had agreed to withdraw several outstanding cross-lawsuits and hand each other undisclosed compensation amounts. Local press reports have widely quoted Freixenet sources confirming the truce.

The cava wards began in 1996 when Codorniu sued Freixenet for failing to comply with the legal aging requirements for its cava. Spain's cava regulator, Consejo Regulador del Cava, agreed with Codorniu, causing Freixenet to appeal. Spain's constitutional court threw out the case.

Freixenet then accused Codorniu of unlawfully using Pinot Noir to make white cava and for copying its Carta Nevada glazed-white bottles. Codorniu had fought to refute the allegations.

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