Valley of the Giants is an ancient forest just outside of Denmark in Australia's deep southwest, home of the enormous indigenous Red Tingle tree. The magic of this ancient forest comes alive at night as local fauna meander around the cyclopean flora, some of which are sixteen metres in circumference. The Fifth Leg Devils Lair team know about white wine, earmarking the most lively parcels of Chardonnay, Semillon and Sauvignon Blanc to be vinified into a Crisp Dry White. Enjoy with chicken caesar and fresh seafood, scallops or calamari.

Pioneers of the Semillon/ Sauvignon blend, Tyrrell has extended the winery's reach of resources for this popular style of wine to good vineyards in Western Australia. The microclimes here are simply idyllic for producing delicious classic dry whites.

Old Winery are Tyrrell's quiet achiever, the label has evolved into a well known international brand. Originally designed for palates overseas, Old Winery continue to be well received at home by local wine enthusiasts as well as the discerning industry press. Pioneers of the Semillon Sauvignon accord, Tyrrell have extended their team's reach of resources for this popular style of wine, to good vineyards throughout Australia. A fresh, revitalizing wine in the classic dry white style, showing delicate complexity and good fruit before a lovely clean finish.

Vinified from fruit grown to Australia's shangri-la of Sauvignon Blanc, planted to the nation's loftiest terroirs at Orange in New South Wales, Lost Block has been stylistically crafted to remain true to the promise of fruit laden, fresh and easy to drink wines. Choice harvests of fruit are treated to a vinification which flatters the quality and intensity of vibrant Central Ranges Sauvignon Blanc. A splendid accompaniement to seafood, chicken and pork, the refreshingly crisp acidic edge and medium weight also lends itself to spicy Asian cuisine.

A generously flavoured Marlborough wine which has claimed highly coveted accolades at the Air New Zealand Wine Awards. Tylers Stream is a boutique operation which continues to grow from strength to strength. Completely unoaked, in easy drinking styling, it sings of kiwifruit and lychee. Many of the contributing vines surround the winery itself, whence the Tyler Stream flows closely by. Kiwifruit, lemongrass and passion throughout, firm but balanced acid backbone, a generous wine of concentration and poise.

The idyllic ripening conditions around Marlborough's finest vineyards sprout some of the world's most prized Sauvignon Blanc. Twin Islands creates exceptional Marlborough wines, which are crafted with early and regular enjoyment in mind. Since inaugural release, Twin Islands has represented excellence in winemaking, delivering fully flavoured, benchmark Sauvignon Blanc. Already a highly successful entrant at wine competitions, having claimed significant accolades at the New World Wine Awards, New Zealand International, Air New Zealand and Royal Easter.

Trout Valley wines are sourced and vinified by Kahurangi on the Upper Moutere, very near Nelson at the top northwest corner of New Zealand's South Island. The greater Nelson region is renowned for its vibrant arts scene and stylish, boutique winemakers, also home to some of the finest brown trout fishing water in the world. Trout Valley is a medium to full bodied white with a most welcome, savoury edge to it's fruit dominated structure. A treat of a Sauvignon Blanc with mouthfilling palate and complex aromas for adherents of contemplative and engaging wines.

An exciting cepage of Pinot Gris and Sauvignon Blanc, exhibiting lovely spiced fruit characters and crunchy expressions of the orchard that are so titillating, your friends will be in fine spirits even before lunch arrives! You'll find each drop just perfect for refreshing every palate just in time for the next sip.

Forty percent less carbs and joules? Yes it's true! Two Thirds is a low alcohol, low carb dry wine, assembled from the two most popular and complimentery of all white grape varietals, Semillon with Sauvignon Blanc. Suitably mated for their mutual compatability, highly prized for their luscious fruit characters, enjoyed everywhere as the most appealing contemporary style of crisp and dry, exuberantly refreshing white wine.

Trentham have retained their identity as a unique, artisanal winemaking estate, amongst the boundless expanse of commercial Riverina vineyards. Close attention to each individual vine is the key, harvests of piquantly flavoured Sauvignon Blanc with bright acids and exemplary varietal charm are the result. Textural and effusive like a tropical fruit frappe, lime and gooseberry, lychee and guava characters flow from the juicy palate before a long passionfruit finish, the first choice in a crisp dry white, to accompany crustacea, hors d’oeuvres and pate.

An exemplar in Sauvignon Blanc, by one of Margaret River's finest family estate owned and operated wineries. Salitage are renowned for the quality of their fruit and skill at minimalist vinification techniques. Extended resting on lees has contributed mouthfeel, a mouthfilling, textural palate and enticing complexity. Envigorating, fresh and crisp, to be served lightly chilled, as the prominent varietal fruit characters and crisp acidity make a refreshing aperitif style.

A pure Marlborough wine, one that encompasses all that is appealing in the clean and fresh expressions of ripe, fruit driven Sauvignon Blanc. Assembling harvests of the best grapes is essential, Totara's meticulous team know all the most dedicated growers and retain access to the finest parcels. A lifted nose of lemons and grapefruit, flinty mineral nuances and hints of soft tropical fruit leads you to a palate showing crisp citrus characters, subtle fresh asparagus, finishing refreshingly dry.

Torrent Bay is for the discerning enthusiast. The Drummond family pioneered horticulture and agriculture on Motueka Hills in the late 1800s. Today they capitalize on their prodigious local knowledge to produce the region's finest Sauvignon Blanc. Crafted from the choicest parcels of fruit with ongoing attention to detail throughout vinification, Torrent Bay stands out from the rest, just like it's scenic namesake on the coast of Abel Tasman National Park. A clean and dry Sauvignon Blanc in new world world styling with true varietal character and regional charm.

The reputation of Jacob's Creek has been built around wines that are fruit-driven and elegant. Three Vines takes that a step further and ameliorates the fruity flavours of Australian wine with the savoury flavours of Southern Europe. Semillon offers crisp citrus and stoney flavours, combined with the lively tropical fruit of Sauvignon Blanc and the richness of Viognier, it delivers an easy drinking, fresh and fruity wine you will enjoy.

Bring in the finest harvests from the most splendid vineyards in the Australian west, fashion them to a dashing contemporary styling and make them available to the young at heart, palates with a taste for everything that's modern and fresh. This is the way of The Sum, revitalizing wines which are as balanced and generous as they are easy to enjoy. The passionfruit of Sauvignon Blanc with a spray of lemon sherbet, an intensely herbaceous core, clean, generously flavoured, an elegant mix of acidity and fruit ripeness, satisfyingly crisp before a lip smacking finish.

The team behind Ned go to great lengths, as they take aim at fashioning the ideal Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc. The emphasis is on balance, as the wine should contribute to the ambience of the place at which it is served.

Marlborough is recognised throughout the world as the source of stunning cool climate wines. From vineyards established in 1990s, The Crossings is one of a small group of pioneering Awatere Valley winegrowers, deriving it's name from a ford used by early settlers to cross the fast flowing river which forms a pristine southern boundary to three vineyards, Medway, Willow Flat and Brackenfield Estate. The low vigour soils and dry climate produce grapes with intense fruit flavours, infused by a delightful minerality for the production of truly stunning wines.

Sauvignon Blanc in the way of the full bodied, ageworthy efforts from Bordeaux and Sancerre. Oak treatments and a judicious term of age build palate texture, while encouraging mouthfilling savouryness and sublime sauvage. Grapes are all hand picked and whole bunch pressed into four 600 litres, Rhône styled oak fermenting vats for ten days vinification and ten months on sediments, treated to the occasional lees stirring battonage before bottling in January. The big boned, well fleshed genre of Sauvignon Blanc which unlocks the fruity exterior and reveals the cornucopia of complexity within.

You can't get more New Zealand than the Te Kairanga vineyards, nestled at the bottom of North Island, within one of the nation's most exclusive winegrowing precincts, very near the artist's quarter of Martinborough. Each parcel of Sauvignon Blanc is set within it's own mini microclime. The Te Kairanga vines yield richly proportioned white grapes with distinct fruit characters, selectively picked to be woven into an intensely flavoured, full bodied Sauvignon Blanc that's perfect with or without food, very ready for enjoyment any time of day.

Ta_Ku is completely Kiwi, filled with pride about the treasures of the land and culture of its habitants, the legend and the lore. Pure waters and ancient soil are natural endowments for its graceful vineyards. Ta_Ku is is the embodiement of Marlborough and all that's special about New Zealand's indigenous charm, the vitality of its people and the pristine splendour of its sun drenched countryside, journeying across the Tasman, for you to enjoy, to savour and to share.

A celebration of Australia's great diversity in terroirs and clime, assembling two distinct regional expressions into a single varietal wine. Parcels are selected to impart complexity and flavour diversity rarely found within a single region, while preserving the integrity of each individual component. Margaret River contributes green apple and grapefruit characters, along with subtle grassy overtones. The Adelaide Hills add structure and length while bringing delicious tropical flavours, passionfruits and lychee.

The post modern style of Australian Sauvignon Blanc, effusive with aromatic herbaceousness, freshness and piquant tropical fruit on the bouquet, a generous palate and revitalizingly clean finish. Taylors have collated the ripest, most well endowed parcels of fruit from splendid Adelaide Hills vineyards. Components are treated to the most exacting vinification techiques, preserving the crisp expression of grapes in the vineyard for a wine that sings of spirited Sauvignon Blanc.

Eighty Acres delivers fully in this splendid West Australian rendition of the classic dry white. Crafted to be enjoyed upon release, it's guaranteed to start the conversation rolling with it's stylishness. Superb with all good faire, the weight of fruit and generosity of palate ensures that Eighty Acres will make charming company for all.

With its clean, green aromas and vibrant citrus, herbaceous characters, Sauvignon Blanc is the essential crisp and refreshing drink when served young and chilled. Taylor Ferguson have applied a secondary fermentation process to infuse the wine with a fine bead, develop yeast derived richness on the palate and add summery apple, squeezed lime and pear flavours. A revitalizing style of sparkler that's ideal for Al fresco, especially good seafood.

A crisp, fruit forward style from Sauvignon Blanc harvested off the estate Whitehills vineyard in Tamar Valley. Tamar Ridge have been recognized for the quality of their cool climate wines, the exclusive site enjoys pure water and clean air, well drained heavy soils and effective windbreaks. The weight of flavour, perfect balance and refined complexity makes this an engaging foodie's wine, very ready to enjoy today alongside your favourite faire.

Taltarni's vineyards are blessed by long, cool ripening seasons which encourage grapes to develop a beguiling spectrum of opulent varietal characters. Taltarni have taken the pick of fruit from the most best blocks, to fashion into a dynamic Sauvignon Blanc that's seamlessly integrated with a rich panoply of ripe fruit and green vegetable complexities. A match to grilled calamari or warm chicken caeser.

Made exclusively of Sauvignon Blanc, the trick is to set aside a few parcels of grape for extended skin maceration, infusing just the right amount of tannin complexity. Batches are treated to a wild, natural vinification at lower temperatures in French oak barrels, enhancing perfumery and palate richness, striking the perfect balance between upfront fruit character and textural largess, building structure and encouraging finesse. Herbal spice and delicate oak, gripping grapefruit acid, fashioned into the perfect aperitif, the cosmopolitan Fumé style.

A refreshingly unoaked assembly of Sauvignon and Chenin Blanc, sourced from the Strathbogie Ranges and Barooga in Victoria, with further parcels from the Barossa Valley. An even ripening produces excellent fruit intensity, while retaining excellent balanced natural acidity. Passionate about the obscure and about fashioning a spectrum of styles, T'Gallant is driven by an extraordinary commitment to quality. The very best European winemaking techniques and philosophies have been applied in the vinification and it shows in the glass.

Year in and year out, Swings & Roundabouts vinify parcels of Semillon and Sauvignon Blanc to define the archetypal Margaret River white. With good reason. Swings & Roundabouts have the right vines, producing the finest example of each grape, achieving remarkable balance within the finished wine. A classically dry Margaret River, completely unwooded and unoaked, fruit driven, vibrant and fresh. The cut of mouth watering tropical flavours charm the palate, seasoned by the savouryness of chinese rice wine characters, lemongrass and green vegetal.

The dedicated growers on Scotchman's Hill are heirs to a tradition of producing the finest white wine grapes. They attend to the Bellarine peninsula's premier terroirs, nurturing vines to sprout much of Victoria's most articulate fruit. The team have assembled harvests of the most amenable Sauvignon Blanc, to be vinified into a refreshing post modern style, brimming with citrus, bright herbaceousness and a touch of quenching minerality. An integrated and easy to appreciate, classic dry white, that's just excellent with pasta or Al fresco cuisine.

The western districts make the most flavourful, balanced and clean Sauvignon Blanc, to be found anywhere in Victoria. The arduous climes infuse grapes with succulent sugar esters, pristine, phenolic free, brimming with crystaline fruit characters. Summerfield aim at a wonderfully animate style of Sauvignon Blanc, distinctively Pyrenees, defined by its coquettish structure and long, succulent mouthfeel. Crisp and easy to enjoy, tropical stone fruits, lemongrass and greenery throughout, the palate is full, generous and fresh.

Long recognised in New Zealand and Australia for it's consistent production of vital Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc, the rest of the world is now catching on, as Stoneleigh has been added to the winelist at London's prestigious Ritz. Stoneleigh's vineyards are located at the northern end of the Wairau Valley in close proximity to the mighty Wairau River. Often referred to as the Rapaura Series of soils, they are characterised by their relative youth, based on river silts and stones. Poor in nutrients and water retention, they yield intense fruit and vibrant wines.

Rob Dolan is a charismatic winemaker and towering sportsman to boot. At 6 foot 6, Rob acquired the nickname Sticks during his dual premiership for Port Adelaide. He ultimately pursued his passion for making great wine, working alongside some of the most accomplished names in the industry. Dolan settled on a tally of superb sites in the Yarra Valley from which to draw fruit for his self titled label. Citrus and stonefruits, jasmine notes and flor, guava and grapefruits, the greenness of snap pea, lemongrass and thyme.

Stella Bella is more than a name or a wine, it is an expression, a passion and a summation of things bright, spirited and beautiful. Stella Bella is fashioned to classic Margaret River dry white styling, an assemblage of Semillon and Sauvignon Blanc, the requisite regional white, displaying all the clean and crisp fruit flavours of each grape. Opulent and intense, a subtle biscuit character from lees stirring and oak. Chill slightly and enjoy alongside goat cheese recipes or marinated, barbecued prawns.

Small batch, hand produced, single block Sauvignon Blanc, from 100% Certified Biodynamic vines planted to an old riverbed of auspicious gravelly loam soils, treated to the extravagance of an extended term over sedimentery solids in dinkum Australian oak. The propitious climes of temperate Tasi meet the fashionable fruit forward refreshers of La Vallée de la Loire. Lubiana breaks the shackles which proscribe the stylistic norm, layered and textural with the complexities of barrel age and gross lees, its delicacy and elegance brings Sauvignon Blanc to higher zen.

With every successive vintage, Lubiana has endeavoured to extract the most engaging personalities from within his sternly measured harvests. An exciting cépage of Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc, treated to a bespoke ferment and elevage, the aim being to coalesce the individual characters into a whole that's so much greater than the sum of parts. Thanks to the rhapsody of fruits and a short course of skin contacts, Amphora glows with a handsome golden orange hue, its roast apricot and snow pea nose precedes a rich textural palate, ripe fruit flavours and crisp herbaceous finish.

Squealing Pig Vineyard is located in Marlborough's Awatere Valley. Known for its mineral and textural styles of wine, Awatere produces quite a distinct, savoury Sauvignon Blanc compared to the tropical, pungent and fruit forward efforts of greater Marlborough. A very attractive aperitif wine to enjoy on its own, Squealing Pig's subtle complexities make it a serious partner with good food.

Squawking Magpie work to the belief that great wine can only be made from the finest fruit. Ever since their initial plantings of vine, Squawking Magpie have focused on intensive viticultural regimens to produce the most exemplary Sauvignon Blanc. A powerful, mouthfilling Reserve quality wine with fresh acidity, ripe melon and lime flavours, vibrant and fresh, offering more substance than most of its Marlborough peers.

We blame the booze. The whiff and the swill did us in and all that was left to do was to make more. In many ways the wines that weren’t worth the pull on the cork caused this as much as the wines that we will never have the pleasure of decorking again. From the original Pulp Fiction novel, there's no time like the present to dress up and get down. When there's no time to think, we move quickly and unconsciously towards the things we really like. As the hours of carouse unravel, like so much unnecessary clothing, you'll happily find yourself enjoying it more, and more and more!

From vines planted to the Sherwood family estate's Rowley Crescent, Stoney Range and Sandy Creek vineyards in Waipara Valley. Sherwood carries the name of the proprietor and reflects a commitment to the highest quality. A pure wine that's varietally focused, sourced from the best Marlborough sites and managed by devoted growers, a refreshing and mouth filling Sauvignon Blanc that's internationally acclaimed for its excellence and consistency. Match Sherwood to the freshest, white fleshed fishes, scallops or crab.

The wine which launched Sauvignon Blanc, Shaw + Smith and Adelaide Hills as a unique and distinctive genre of wine, defined by its moreish pink grapefruit lustre, lavender perfumery, concentration of clean fruits and vegetable crispness, its gorgeous mineral texture. The enduring excellence of Shaw + Smith begins in the vineyard, the pick of crop from estate parcels at Lenswood and Balhannah, fruit must be immaculate, hand sorted to retain nothing but the cleanest grapes. With each new vintage, Shaw and Smith set a higher benchmark in new world Sauvignon Blanc.