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If You Like Sauvignon Blanc You Should Try…

12 December 2011
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Since Chardonnay fell out of fashion, Sauvignon Blanc has slipped comfortably into its place as the most popular white wine grape. Sauvignon Blanc produces a fresh and fruity white wine which is best drunk young and is largely unoaked, ticking most of the boxes for the average white wine drinker. The rise in popularity of [...]

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Urlar Estate Sauvignon Blanc 2010

2 December 2011
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I had a surprisingly un-New Zealand-like Sauvignon Blanc at dinner the other night. NZ Sauvignon Blanc was at one time very exciting, bursting on to the UK wine scene back in the ’90s. Since then, however, it has suffered a glut of wine production and too many big companies cranking out mediocre wine to satisfy [...]

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Cape Diversity Sauvignon Blanc 2010

24 August 2011
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It may not be the most inspiring looking bottle in the world, but this South African Sauvignon Blanc has a lot going for it. Although it has the appearance of an ineffectual flowery French or Italian table wine from the 1980s, it’s immediately apparent on opening that this is a great example of a grape whose strength [...]

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Long Meadow Ranch, a Californian Sauvignon Blanc

5 August 2011
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Californian wines just don’t seem to have found their place in the UK market which is a shame because they are not all “red fruit bombs” or “butter bomb” Chardonnays. I was in Brighton recently for a Napa Valley winemakers dinner and the very first wine served to us was a Californian sauvignon blanc. Many [...]

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Valençay Le Clos du Château 2009 Claude Lafond

9 May 2011
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Outside of Sancerre I have little-to-no experience of the Loire valley – or rather, its wines. But that’s where Valençay is, and the presence of bizarre sentences like “A castle of financial” and “He connects it by a body of gallery” on its Wikipedia page suggest it’s not yet been overrun by British tourists, at [...]

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Tawhiri Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2009 – Saucy!

18 April 2011
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£7.99 from the Co-op: this is absolutely standard. Being a Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc, that standard is high – as I’ve generally found before – and it couldn’t be any more popular than it is right now – you can’t bloody move for the stuff in most supermarkets, and I imagine it makes up a significant [...]

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7 Springs Wine, 2010 Sauvignon Blanc

23 February 2011
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The world of social media might be a mystery to many but once you crack it, it is an entry way into so many connections and opportunities. For example, I am a frequent twitterer. What I  mean by that is not that I constantly tweet about what I had for breakfast or lunch but that [...]

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Buitenverwachting Sauvignon Blanc 2009

27 December 2010
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Buitenverwachting literally means Beyond Expectation and this is certainly true in the case of this wine. The wine speaks volumes for itself but, as is the case with many great wines, the degree of appreciation can only be enhanced with a little knowledge and history of the area that it originates from. Part of the [...]

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Springfield Special Cuvee Sauvignon Blanc 2007

28 November 2010
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In my humble opinion this is the best South African Sauvignon Blanc and one to rival the finest Kiwi offerings – a yardstick against which so many New World SV’s get judged nowadays, especially in the UK. I always serve it to friends who love the varietal without telling them what it is (unmistakably a [...]

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Marks & Spencer Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2009

22 November 2010
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Sauvignon Blanc New Zealand Marlborough Estate Marks & Spencer Mixed Case £45 Screw Top 13.5% Picnic Time! The great outdoors beckons with this Sauvignon Blanc from the Marlborough Estate on New Zealand’s South Island. A little fact for you is that not one vineyard on the South Island is more than 80 miles from the [...]

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Vina Maipo Gran Devocion Sauvignon Blanc 2009

7 November 2010
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Chilean wines often seem to exude an exciting quality. A certain spiciness perhaps, stemming from the exotic nature of their country of origin. Maybe it’s mere word association altering my perceptions, but there’s something about drinking a wine grown in this far-off clime – with its stark mountains, clear air and alpacas bleating into the [...]

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