It started with a seminar about New Zealand Pinot Noir and ended with a wrath of Sauvignon Blancs … but this year I did not fall into the Savvy B trap, I decided that New Zealand must be doing something other than the goosy and grassy grape and so I set my sights on tasting everything but Sauvignon Blanc (and Pinot Noirs during the general walk around tasting) … this decision made the room much more manageable, the tasting much quicker and I didn’t need a follow-up appointment at the dentist the next day.
The Seminar … Pinot Noir
A comparative tasting of two wines from different regions within New Zealand … 60% of all the red grapes grown in New Zealand is Pinot Noir and in 2011 they shipped 1 million cases of Pinot Noir globally, so the grape is having an impact on their industry:
(to see how the wines paired up and my take on the rest of the wines at the show, click here)