Explore unique styles of New Zealand Sav this #SauvBlanc Day with our Sav style guide. While New Zealand is well-known for its iconic Marlborough Sav, other New Zealand regions also produce distinct and world-class examples of this popular and pungent varietal.
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Get ready for Mother’s Day this Sunday and spoil your Mama with some quality time and a bottle of fine vino!
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Happy International Sauvignon Blanc Day everyone!
Keep up with the festivities online via the hashtag #SauvBlanc and make sure you enjoy a glass or two of New Zealand’s flagship wine today. Read More
Last month we caught up with Takaki Okada, owner of a small wine start-up in Marlborough called Folium Vineyard.
It’s true, you often don’t know where to start when purchasing a wine. You have a general idea of what variety but then you wonder what producer and what suits your fancy on the day. Well this wine will instantly capture your eye with its adornment of well-earned accolades and a beautiful label to top it off. Read More
It’s starting to feel a lot like winter and while you might want to head straight for the red section there are many ways to enjoy white wines throughout the cold season! Read More
Today’s savvy sip comes from a small family producer in North Canterbury, Bellbird Spring.
In 2002 the Porter family returned to New Zealand after many years overseas. They decided to make their home in the beautiful Waipara Valley with the family of three generations all living in homes on the vineyards. They focus on creating limited quantities of traditionally crafted single-vineyard wines of fine aroma and texture.
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Happy #SauvBlanc Day everyone!
#SauvBlanc is New Zealand’s flagship wine and we’ve put together some interesting savvy facts you should know about your favourite drink in our latest infographic.
#SauvBlanc Day is this Friday! We hope you’re ready for it but no worries if you’re not as we have the ultimate #SauvBlanc Survival Guide for your today!
The Sauvignon 2016 International Sauvignon Blanc Celebration held in Marlborough last week was a wild success!
There was something for everyone, with informative seminars, speakers from all over the world, tastings highlighting the different styles of NZ Sauvignon Blanc and regional and sub-regional expressions, international Sauvignon Blancs, flights of ‘The Classics’, alternative styles and world class dinners – a Garden Party at Timara Lodge, the Kiwiana Beach Party at The Store (with a train ride and beer tasting to boot) and the Gala Dinner at Brancott Estate, complete with glamazons modelling pieces from the World of Wearable Art …and enough award-winning Sauvignon Blanc to flood Marlborough!
At Whitehaven we hosted ‘The Wild Bunch’ alternative Sauvignon Blanc tasting and lunch last Wednesday. Guests included wine writers and critics, international media and oenophiles from the world over. Nine wineries hosted this particular event and each guest had four Plumm wine glasses (a modest number compared with other events!), so you can imagine the number of glasses that were polished – and subsequently raised – in Marlborough last week! And the number of sore heads!
The Wild Bunch tasting included 100 alternative Sauvignon Blancs in five categories – sparkling, aged, lower alc, late harvest and ‘The Wild Bunch’ (my flavourite). It was a whirlwind tasting, with so many wonderful wines to try, including some stunning aged Sancerre from the Loire Valley and buttery Californian Sauvignon/Semillion blends from the Napa Valley.
The tasting was followed by a three course lunch in our barrel hall. And it wasn’t just Sauv’s on the menu, in case you were wondering. There was also a stunning array of Chardonnay, Gewürztraminer, Pinot Noir and Syrah…
Sam Young from Wine Marlborough and Sarah Booker did a wonderful job of organising the entire three day celebration, including project-managing the delivery of all the wines and all the glassware for every single event.
It was definitely a week to remember and one to firmly re-establish Marlborough as the home of Sauvignon Blanc.
Cheers!! It might just be time to pour one myself!
Melisa
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