All hail the mighty Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc

Glance at any supermarket wine section and it’s immediately clear that we like Sauvignon Blanc best. All the reds for sale would struggle to fill the area set aside for a single variety from a single area – Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc. For all the talk about the New Zealand wine industry being much more than a one-trick pony – that pony still rules. But while Sauvignon Blanc sells in stainless steel vat loads, it’s other wines such as Pinot Noir, that have set up their own navel-gazing conferences.