How did Marlborough Sauvignon become a global wine favourite?

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Marlborough Sauvignon is one of our favourite wines. Every supermarket stocks at least half a dozen and often more. They range in price from €10 to €40 a bottle. So, what makes it so special?

Marlborough is a wine region on the northern tip of the South Island of New Zealand. Unlike other parts of New Zealand, it is a relatively new vineyard. The first vines were planted there 50 years ago. Before that it was largely used for farming sheep and growing fruit. Then in 1973 a man called Frank Yukich, secretly bought 1,600 hectares of land in Marlborough. Yukich was the founder and part-owner of a successful wine company called Montana.

Today the area under vine has expanded hugely. There are now more than 500 growers in Marlborough and 90 per cent of what they produce is sauvignon blanc.

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