If you have never sipped a Sauvignon Blanc white wine produced by one of the many growers in Marlborough, New Zealand, you've defiantly missed out on one of life's delicious joys. New Zealand leads the World in this type of wine. Any time you read "Marlborough, New Zealand" on the bottle, buy it because you're in for a treat.
A Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc has claimed a gold medal and prestigious trophy at the 2014 Decanter World Wine Awards held in London this week. The Peter Yealands Sauvignon Blanc 2013 took home the Regional Trophy for the best New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc under £15, with judges naming it as the benchmark Kiwi Sauvignon Blanc. Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA) are the world's largest and most influential wine awards and is the international wine industry's equivalent of the Oscars. A panel of over 200 world-class judging experts carefully taste their way through more than 15,000 wines from 61 countries.