I wanted to share my favorite new Sauvignon Blanc with the community. I was lucky enough to try it through work, but I definitely plan to keep buying it, especially as the weather gets warmer. Brancott Estate, from New Zealand, just came out with a new line of wines, called Flight Song, that are 20% lighter in calories but I think they taste just as good as, if not better than other wines of their variety. The Sauvignon Blanc is my favorite, and will probably become my summer go-to, but the Pinot Grigio is also great if that is what you prefer.

I don't think the wines are widely available yet, though I was able to find them on some online retailers (like Snooth). I think they will be easier to find in the next few months though, just in time for summer!

I hope you get to try them soon and enjoy them as much as I have!

I am always looking for good light white wines, particularly Sauvignon Blanc, so any suggestions from the group would definitely be appreciated as well.

Anna,

Reminds me of the old Miller Lite "Great Taste/Less Filling"
advertising campaign! I will keep an eye out for these.

Jack



On Fri, 28 Mar 2014 00:34:33 +0000, AnnaMag
> wrote:

>
>I wanted to share my favorite new Sauvignon Blanc with the community. I
>was lucky enough to try it through work, but I definitely plan to keep
>buying it, especially as the weather gets warmer. Brancott Estate, from
>New Zealand, just came out with a new line of wines, called Flight Song,
>that are 20% lighter in calories but I think they taste just as good as,
>if not better than other wines of their variety. The Sauvignon Blanc is
>my favorite, and will probably become my summer go-to, but the Pinot
>Grigio is also great if that is what you prefer.
>
>I don't think the wines are widely available yet, though I was able to
>find them on some online retailers (like Snooth). I think they will be
>easier to find in the next few months though, just in time for summer!
>
>I hope you get to try them soon and enjoy them as much as I have!
>
>I am always looking for good light white wines, particularly Sauvignon
>Blanc, so any suggestions from the group would definitely be appreciated
>as well.

On 3/28/2014 3:33 PM, cruciverbalist wrote:
> Anna,
>
> Reminds me of the old Miller Lite "Great Taste/Less Filling"
> advertising campaign! I will keep an eye out for these.
>
> Jack
>
>
>
> On Fri, 28 Mar 2014 00:34:33 +0000, AnnaMag
> > wrote:
>
>>
>> I wanted to share my favorite new Sauvignon Blanc with the community. I
>> was lucky enough to try it through work, but I definitely plan to keep
>> buying it, especially as the weather gets warmer. Brancott Estate, from
>> New Zealand, just came out with a new line of wines, called Flight Song,
>> that are 20% lighter in calories but I think they taste just as good as,
>> if not better than other wines of their variety. The Sauvignon Blanc is
>> my favorite, and will probably become my summer go-to, but the Pinot
>> Grigio is also great if that is what you prefer.
>>
>> I don't think the wines are widely available yet, though I was able to
>> find them on some online retailers (like Snooth). I think they will be
>> easier to find in the next few months though, just in time for summer!
>>
>> I hope you get to try them soon and enjoy them as much as I have!
>>
>> I am always looking for good light white wines, particularly Sauvignon
>> Blanc, so any suggestions from the group would definitely be appreciated
>> as well.

The NZ Seifried Nelson Riesling 2012 that I mentioned a little while
ago has some Sauvignon Blanc cousins. They are a little expensive but
maybe I'll try a bottle even if Balducci's wants more than $20 a bottle.

--
Jim Silverton (Potomac, MD)

Extraneous "not." in Reply To.

"AnnaMag" > wrote in message
...
>
> I wanted to share my favorite new Sauvignon Blanc with the community. I
> was lucky enough to try it through work, but I definitely plan to keep
> buying it, especially as the weather gets warmer. Brancott Estate, from
> New Zealand, just came out with a new line of wines, called Flight Song,
> that are 20% lighter in calories but I think they taste just as good as,
> if not better than other wines of their variety. The Sauvignon Blanc is
> my favorite, and will probably become my summer go-to, but the Pinot
> Grigio is also great if that is what you prefer.
>
> I don't think the wines are widely available yet, though I was able to
> find them on some online retailers (like Snooth). I think they will be
> easier to find in the next few months though, just in time for summer!
>
> I hope you get to try them soon and enjoy them as much as I have!
>

Do they go well with spam?
Graham

graham wrote:

> Do they go well with spam?

Graham,
I believe that your suspicion may be misplaced. The wines in
question are marketed by Montana, the largest wine conglomerate in New
Zealand. The post was made by an sbcglobal broadband customer in
Irvine, California. It's possible that this is some US advertising
agency hired by Montana made this post, but Occam's razor argues against
that possibility.

Mark Lipton

Mark Lipton wrote:
> graham wrote:
>
>> Do they go well with spam?

This is a great rejoinder.


> Graham,
> I believe that your suspicion may be misplaced. The wines in
> question are marketed by Montana, the largest wine conglomerate in New
> Zealand. The post was made by an sbcglobal broadband customer in
> Irvine, California. It's possible that this is some US advertising
> agency hired by Montana made this post, but Occam's razor argues against
> that possibility.

Mark, while it is certainly not certain, the message in question had the
look-feel of a typical promotional blurb. Usually in such cases it advertises
the seller, and indeed there was one online retailer mentioned in the post. If
any, the sponsor of the message would be that retailer.

"Mark Lipton" wrote in .............

> I believe that your suspicion may be misplaced. The wines in question are
> marketed by Montana, the largest wine conglomerate in New Zealand. The
> post was made by an sbcglobal broadband customer
> in Irvine, California. It's possible that this is some US advertising
> agency hired by Montana made this post, but Occam's razor argues against
> that possibility.

To expand upon Professor Lipton's summation as above (and in view of the
fact that it is a few months since he blessed us with his presence on these
shores), Montana Wines changed its name to Brancott Estate a while ago.

For many years, Montana's wines were marketed in the USA under the Brancott
label (insisted by US authorities to eliminate any possible confusion with
the US state).

So now, the Montana name now no longer exists - even in NZ.

Brancott Esate is wholly owned by Pernod Ricard NZ (part of the world wide
conglomerate).

This gives weight to Mark's assertion that the post of AnnaMag had nothing
to do with Pernod Ricard USA (they list Brancott Estate as one of the brands
they distribute in the USA).

Since the OP posted via FoodBanter, perhaps she may just have been genuinely
enthusiastic about her discovery - and of course, pigs may fly

But under no circumstances would I place any blame on the producer or
distributor.

st.helier

Mark Lipton > writes:

> graham wrote:
>
> > Do they go well with spam?
>
> Graham,
> I believe that your suspicion may be misplaced. The wines in
> question are marketed by Montana, the largest wine conglomerate in New
> Zealand. The post was made by an sbcglobal broadband customer in
> Irvine, California. It's possible that this is some US advertising
> agency hired by Montana made this post, but Occam's razor argues
> against that possibility.

There are marketing firms that pay/reward individuals for doing
marketing via social networks under the guise of ordinary consumers.

Perhaps one such individual stumbled across usenet. I suspect it has
happened before.

"Mark Lipton" > wrote in message
...
> graham wrote:
>
>> Do they go well with spam?
>
> Graham,
> I believe that your suspicion may be misplaced. The wines in question
> are marketed by Montana, the largest wine conglomerate in New Zealand.
> The post was made by an sbcglobal broadband customer in Irvine,
> California. It's possible that this is some US advertising agency hired
> by Montana made this post, but Occam's razor argues against that
> possibility.
>
> Mark Lipton
>
Mark:
The post to my mind, just reeked of commercial advertising rather than being
a post from a normal wine lover.
I would normally have ignored it but I was in a bad mood after tasting some
clarets that were over the hill and shouldn't have been (more of which
later).
Graham

On 31/03/2014 18:40, graham wrote:
> "Mark Lipton" > wrote in message
> ...
>> graham wrote:
>>
>>> Do they go well with spam?
>>
>> Graham,
>> I believe that your suspicion may be misplaced. The wines in question
>> are marketed by Montana, the largest wine conglomerate in New Zealand.
>> The post was made by an sbcglobal broadband customer in Irvine,
>> California. It's possible that this is some US advertising agency hired
>> by Montana made this post, but Occam's razor argues against that
>> possibility.
>>
>> Mark Lipton
>>
> Mark:
> The post to my mind, just reeked of commercial advertising rather than being
> a post from a normal wine lover.
> I would normally have ignored it but I was in a bad mood after tasting some
> clarets that were over the hill and shouldn't have been (more of which
> later).
> Graham

When AnnaMag last posted, it was on the latest big trend of "wine
blends" and she listed 3 examples. She wrote work "I am a wine-lover
who decided to work in the wine industry, on behalf of numerous wineries".

Sounds like she is doing her job to me.

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There has been a recent trend involving smelling and even tasting soil
in order to help understand the origins of the produce of the land. Now
Nez du Vin is commercialising the idea.

http://www.winenous.co.uk/wp/archives/4551

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Oops. Meant to start a new thread. The perils of posting too early in
the morning
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