Timothy Hartley wrote:

> There is also a much cheaper Sauvignon Blanc which can be very good.
> It has recently been promoted from VDQS to AoC as St. Bris.
> St.Bris-le-Vineux, as its name suggests has ben making wine for many
> hundred years. It is above Irancy and over the river (Yonne) from
> Auxerre and over the hills from Chablis!

There is also Sauvignon blanc grown in regions of the Loire outside of
the AOCs already mentioned. For instance, there's the Ouily-Thesée
co-op or Clos Roches Blanches in the Touraine, both of which are usually
great values.

Mark Lipton