Marlborough, in New Zealand's south island, ranks alongside Sancerre and Pouilly-sur-Loire as one of the greatest Sauvignon Blanc regions of the world. Read more

Marlborough, in New Zealand's south island, ranks alongside Sancerre and Pouilly-sur-Loire as one of the greatest Sauvignon Blanc regions of the world. But it hasn't always been so. While it was New Zealand's original Sauvignon region, it may surprise you to know the first commercial winery was established there as recently as 1973. By the year 2000, the number of wine producers in the region had risen to 62 … and the iconic Cloudy Bay, once regarded as New Zealand's only ‘first growth' had been joined – and in some cases equalled - by dozens of other great estates.