CELEBRATING SAUV BLANC DAY SF STYLE

Springtime and Sauvignon Blanc – what could be better? Today is Sauvignon Blanc day and to celebrate, New Zealand Wine Growers hosted a tasting of delicious wines and shellfish at Farallon Restaurant in downtown San Francisco.

Rock star sommelier Peter Palmer led us through a tasting of fourteen delicious Sauvignon Blancs, 13 of the lot from Marlborough on the South Island and one from Hawke’s Bay on the North Island. While we tasted, Farallon’s Chef Paula shucked oysters and clams, prepared prawns, Dungeness crab, a swordfish mescal ceviche and bitter greens salad with chevre and dates.

Writers and sommeliers including Tonya Pitts of One Market Restaurant, Fred Swan of Planet Grape Wine Review and San Francisco Wine School, Rob Renteria of La Folie and celebrity sommelier Chris Sawyer shared stories of wine, food, and art while dodging around dicier topics of politics, the scooters flooding the streets and sidewalks of San Francisco and Uber drivers behaving badly.

Wines tasted included:

2016 Terrace View Harrier Ridge Sauvignon Blanc Hawke’s Bay

2016 Matua Sauvignon Blanc Marlborough

2016 Clos Henri Sauvignon Blanc Marlborough

2016 Babich Headwaters Organic Sauvignon Blanc Marlborough

2016 Brancott Letter Series “B” Sauvignon Blanc Marlborough

2017 The Darling Sauvignon Blanc Marlborough

2017 Endeavor Catalina Sounds Sauvignon Blanc Marlborough

2017 Framingham Nobody’s Hero Sauvignon Blanc Marlborough

2017 Huia Sauvignon Blanc Marlborough

2017 Nautilus Sauvignon Blanc Marlborough

2017 Spy Valley Sauvignon Blanc Marlborough

2017 Staete Landt Annabel Sauvignon Blanc Marlborough

2017 Villa Maria Cellar Selection Sauvignon Blanc Marlborough

2014 Wither Hills Sauvignon Blanc Marlborough

Read our reviews of New Zealand wines here:

http://planetgrapewinereview.com/category/new-world/new_zealand/

Thank you to David Strada, New Zealand Winegrowers USA, for an amazing experience.