Montana’s Sauvignon Blanc has earned its place on the must-buy grocery list for great value, dependably good, crowd pleasing wine. They’re experts at Sauvignon Blanc. That doesn’t necessarily mean they’ll be experts at anything else, but I gave their Pinot Grigio a go. It was alarmingly pale, but smelled full of colour. It had candied… Read More »
Coventry City have a new manager, Chris Coleman. I couldn’t lay my hands on any Welsh wine, and Champagne seemed (and proved) to be over-optimistic, so opted for Lindauer Brut NV from New Zealand to celebrate his first win with the Sky Blues. It’s a golden yellow with fine, persistent bubbles and a bright citrus… Read More »
Buying anything other than Sauvignon Blanc from Marlborough in New Zealand just seems to be wrong. It’s perfect for Sauvignon, why waste valuable space on anything else? Intrepid winemakers keep trying, with variable levels of success. I tried a Montana Marlborough 2006 Riesling. It was a lemon colour with a hint of gold. It smelled… Read More »
Mostly when I’m in a wine producing country (England doesn’t really count) I like to drink their wine, but on a recent trip to the US my hosts mostly wanted to drink antipodean wine. Never one to turn down Sauvignon Blanc from New Zealand, particularly when it’s free, I was happy to comply. We had… Read More »
We drank Montana Sauvignon Blanc 2006 Marlborough with friends this weekend. It was a fun evening – fabulous seafood pasta and fresh tuna which if I was an American I’d feel the need to tell you was sushi grade. The wine matched the evening perfectly, it was bright, fresh and fruity, without any pretensions. The… Read More »
Montana has a good reputation for producing high quality New Zealand wines, and New Zealand has earned itself a reputation for excellent wine production. The 2005 Sauvignon Blanc was released in August and contains grapes from a wide area of Marlborough. The wine is clear and bright with a pale lemon colour with a few… Read More »