Vicki Denig is a wine and travel journalist who divides her time between New York and Paris. She is a certified wine specialist who has worked in the wine trade since 2013. Sauvignon Blanc is a ...

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.

In 2020, the Sauvignon Blanc harvest went from late February to early April; in late March, virtually all of New Zealand went into strict lockdown. But while the virus hit hard in the rest of the ...

New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc is one of the most distinctive wines in the world, from its piercing aroma on the first sniff to the mouth-watering acidity on the finish. In between is a thesaurus of ...

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 ...

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 ...