A favorite summer wine, Sauvignon Blanc grows especially well in New Zealand. This grape variety was the first in New Zealand to gain notoriety, with aromas and flavors that include gooseberry ...

Check out Wine Spectator's latest ratings of refreshing Marlborough whites, including Greywacke, Invivo and Kim Crawford, for ...

as my mother said when I innocently asked how she’d found her bottle of Wairau Cove: ''It didn’t taste quite like I expected a New Zealand sauvignon blanc to taste. I didn’t really like it ...

Marlborough is New Zealand’s most important wine region ... famous for the huge quantities of sauvignon blanc it produces. The single-lane dirt road to my lodging snaked past some rusty old ...

RECENTLY I asked the manager of a large wine store on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, “Do you have any New Zealand wines that aren’t Sauvignon Blanc?” The answer was no. I wasn’t surprised.

And why not? Sauvignon Blanc is zingy and fresh; it does the jitterbug while Chardonnay is doing the waltz. In some places, New Zealand particularly, it takes on notes of cut grass and bell ...

Climate plays a major role in the flavor profiles of wines made from Sauvignon Blanc. “New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc is coming from a cool and sunny coastal climate, whereas Sancerre exhibits a ...

Among the many master classes on offer were one with Rebecca Gibb, Master of Wine and Sauvignon Blanc specialist. She has lived for six years in New Zealand, the New World country specialized in ...