Crisp Sauvignon blanc When most of us think of wine with eggs, we usually think of eggs benedict at a Champagne brunch. Good, but eggs are great for any meal. Once in a while we have eggs for dinner and we always enjoy it and wonder why we don’t do it more often. You don’t [...]
Prices Continue to Drop New Zealand sauvignon blanc makes up 80% of the nation’s wine exports. On the South Island’s Marlborough region, the amount of land devoted to vineyards has increase four-fold in the past six years. That’s the good news. The bad news is, the average export price of wine will fall 12% next [...]
$80 Michigan ice wine The sauvignon blanc was from California, the pinot noir from Oregon. But the wine served Sunday night with dessert as the nation’s governors dined at the White House was the most unusual — a Michigan ice wine from Black Star Farms in Suttons Bay. The frozen grapes were picked in December [...]
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The New World Wine has been made in New Zealand since shortly after the arrival of the first Europeans. Because of the country’s geographic isolation, little was known about the regions wines and it was almost entirely geared to local tastes. The modern wine industry in New Zealand began in 1973 when sauvignon vines were [...]
