Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc

Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc is the wine most people picture when they think of New Zealand, and it's easy to see why: bright, zesty, and unmistakably tropical, with a character that's hard to replicate anywhere else. The region's combination of long sunshine hours and cooling maritime influence produces that distinctive passionfruit and gooseberry character in bottle after bottle. If you want the wider regional picture, Marlborough Wine covers everything else the region produces, while New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc broadens things out to the rest of the country. For comparison against international styles, Sauvignon Blanc is worth a look, and it pairs naturally with seafood, salads, or simply on its own on a warm afternoon.