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March 14, 2010 10 top NZ sauvignon blancs

Bob Campbell put the 2009 Astrolabe at the top of his list of 10. It’s also the cheapest in the list. <link>

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December 21, 2009 2009’s Top New Zealand Sauvignon

New Zealand’s top Sauvignon Blanc’s as selected by Cuisine magazine are just out <link>.

Congratulations to St Clair and Mudhouse who both get two wines in the list.

Update: Here’s the Wine Vault’s list <link>. A St Clair wine features in this compilation too.

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June 20, 2009 Help Fiasco Wines blend


<link> I wouldn’t mind a go. But I suspect sending the component parts to London is a little outside the scope. I might have to settle with blending some fine wines with fine food.

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February 22, 2009 New Zealand cuts Sauvignon output

New Zealand grape growers are cutting output of all varieties including Sauvignon Blanc, the country’s biggest wine export, to maintain quality and avoid a glut as demand slows. The total harvest may drop 4 percent this year from last year’s record to 275,000 metric tons, according to a survey by industry group New Zealand Winegrowers.

Bloomberg report here <link>

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April 25, 2008 ABS

Anything but Sauvignon. It can be ABC, Anything But Chardonnay <link> (from my other blog before I created this one). I’m definitely not a fan of Sauvignon so I was pleased to read this excellent article from The San Francisco Chronicle <link> about the other wines made in the home of New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc, Marlborough. It concludes:

“The wines in this list that are made without Sauvignon Blanc show that Marlborough can produce top-flight wines even without relying on its signature grape.”

I can particularly recommend Lawson’s Dry Hills Marlborough Gewurztraminer. I haven’t tasted this particular vintage.

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February 9, 2008 More than Sauvignon Blanc

I’m as parochial and patriotic as the next bloke when it comes to all things New Zealand and New Zealand wine. But I do agree with Basic Juice about New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc <link>.

“Kiwi Blanc has overshadowed every other grape variety.  And this is a very sad thing.”

For others to looks out for, here’s my earlier post presenting the winners of the 2007 Air New Zealand Wine Awards <link>

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