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Sauvignon blanc – the world is still in love with ours

Pippa MacKay

Pippa MacKay

Spy Valley Vineyard
Spy Valley is in the Waihopai Valley, a southern valley known for sauvignon blanc with citrus flavours

Christchurch GP and wine enthusiast Pippa MacKay looks back on the rise and rise of New Zealand sauvignon blanc

At my wedding in England in late 1986, we drank Hunter’s Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 1986, which had just won The Sunday Times’ Vintage Festival award