Corney & Barrow 

As an instant refresher, a cool glass of zesty, uplifting Sauvignon Blanc is hard to beat, and we are clearly not alone in thinking so! Sauvignon Blanc’s profile has surged in recent years, fuelled by the increased availability of delicious Sauvignon Blanc styles from wine regions as diverse as New Zealand, Chile and South Africa. However, Sauvignon Blanc’s spiritual home is France, where in the Loire Valley on distinctive chalky soils it produces the famed dry white wines of Sancerre and Pouilly-Fumé, prized for their mineral elegance. Sauvignon Blanc is often paired with the weighty, honeyed Semillon grape in wine regions as far apart as Australia’s Margaret River and France’s Bordeaux, where Sauvignon Blanc’s natural high acidity and intense aromatics shine in the dry white wines of Graves and Pessac-Léognan as well as the luscious, legendary sweet wines of Sauternes.