Wino Wednesday: New Zealand Wines!

This post is going to start with a series of apologies: sorry it is late, sorry I forgot to bring a real camera and most of all, sorry you couldn't be there to eat Ashleigh's amazing food! Last Wednesday, Ashleigh hosted our wine club's second stop on our international wine tour: New Zealand. New Zealand is known especially for its Sauvignon Blanc, which we witnessed when almost all of us brought a bottle!

Ashleigh prepared a delicious spread, including veggie pizza, cherries, cucumber feta rolls and my favorite, kiwi guacamole. Omg, I could survive on that.

She also got some assistance from her friend, Chef Chris Hill. He whipped up a sweet chili dipping sauce for our sweet potato fries, and a stout mint sauce to pair with lamb chops. SO GOOD!

My plate of deliciousness. Ash made the most delicious, perfect lamb chops.

Here's the line-up of our many white wines. We found they ranged from sweet to peppery to peppery sweet:

• Starborough Sauvignon Blanc: A citrusy wine with tropical flavors, perfect match with the kiwi guac.
• Spy Valley Sauvignon Blanc: A dry wine that tastes of grapefruit.

• Matariki Sauvignon Blanc: A spicy citrusy wine with a real peppery finish.
• Nobilo Sauvignon Blanc: Sweet tropical flavor, but with notes of green pepper.

• Scene 17 Pinot Noir: A plummy berry wine — the only red we had! It was very good.
• Tiki Sound Sauvignon Blanc: My friends tried this wine the night before and texted me to say it should be my pick. No problem with that! It was a delicious mix of all the flavors we had in the previous wines, with a great finish.

Next stop: Argentina, at my house!