Displaying items by tag: Sauvignon Blanc

Doug Bell spent the last 32 years vowing he would never plant Sauvignon Blanc.

New Zealand has 22% of the world's 90,000 hectares of Sauvignon Blanc so diversification is important, as winemakers James Healy and Brent Marris suggest to Joelle Thomson.

The big may get bigger, Sauvignon's star is still rising, distribution will play a key as will the need for wineries to own more of their fruit supply.

It has become the lifeblood of the New Zealand wine industry, accounting for at least $1.1 billion of the total $1.5 billion worth of wine exports.

"I think there is so much potential for New Zealand and particularly Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc with barrel ferments."

"Please experiment, please reinvent, please innovate. But please, please, please communicate – talk to your consumer and let them know what you are doing."

It may have been 40 years in the making, but it took only 3 days to convince the world's wine media that New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc is a force to be reckoned with.

Pip Goodwin has come full circle.

When asked how well New Zealand wines stacked up at this year's Air New Zealand Wine Awards, Ronny Lau's attention automatically turns to white wines and vineyard experiments.

Stories of providence always trump those of supply when it comes to Hawke’s Bay’s third most planted grape, Sauvignon Blanc, as Joelle Thomson discovers.