16 new zealnd sauvignon blanc were tasted in total
and one wildcard from washington state

we were unable to obtain alan scott or nobilo icon for the tastings

4 sets of 4 wines
and then a final tasting of the best wines, 8 were in the final tasting






petegas and gf helped out with this set
thank you both



no pic of one set
oyster bay, brancott, giesen, villa maria cellar selection

we are not professionals, just people who like to drink 8-)
all the wines were great which made narrowing down to the final 6 difficult
so we did 8 in the final

no pic of the final line up
brancott reserve, villa maria, nobilo, cloudy bay, tohu, redcliffe, villa maria cellar selection, kim crawford

pic of the final table


the final tasters ranks of the wines
1 tohu*
r 2, b 3, l 1, m 3=9

2 villa maria cellar sel
r 3, b 1, l 2, m 4=10

3 cloudy bay
r 5, b 4, l 3, m 2=14

4 villa maria
r 4, b 2, l 5, m 5=16

5 kim crawford
r 7, b 6, l 4, m 1=18

6 redcliffe
r 1, b 5, l 8, m 7=21

7 brancott reserve
r 6, b 7, l 6, m 6=25

8 nobilo
r 8, b 8, l 7, m 8=31

m is my rank

* there was a 5th taster that just put a #1 for this wine and nothing for any others

babich and nobilo were a coin flip for the eight spot to the final nobilo won


none of that really means anything but it was a lot of fun

zook please posts some pics
and give us a run down on the wines

i'll post the food pics from the tasting later