http://www.alastairbathgate.com/2007/11/13/cloudy-bay-sauvignon-blanc-2006/ Deliciously Hedonistic Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:26:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.alastairbathgate.com/2007/11/13/cloudy-bay-sauvignon-blanc-2006/comment-page-1/#comment-1170 Confessions of a Wino » Blog Archive » Isabel Marlborough 2006 Wed, 12 Dec 2007 21:56:40 +0000 http://www.alastairbathgate.com/2007/11/13/cloudy-bay-sauvignon-blanc-2006/#comment-1170 [...] title of most expensive, was awarded, obviously, to Cloudy Bay 2006 Sauvignon.  A pure rhubarb delight but so it should be for the best part of £20.  This Isabel 2006 was [...] [...] title of most expensive, was awarded, obviously, to Cloudy Bay 2006 Sauvignon.  A pure rhubarb delight but so it should be for the best part of £20.  This Isabel 2006 was [...]

]]> http://www.alastairbathgate.com/2007/11/13/cloudy-bay-sauvignon-blanc-2006/comment-page-1/#comment-956 Golly Tue, 13 Nov 2007 12:53:32 +0000 http://www.alastairbathgate.com/2007/11/13/cloudy-bay-sauvignon-blanc-2006/#comment-956 I think Cloudy Bay became a victim of its own success, people started charging silly money for it, or only selling you a couple of bottles if you filled up the rest of a case with random bottles. A backlash may stabilise pricing and allow people to choose it 'cos it tastes good rather than because its THE wine to drink. I think Cloudy Bay became a victim of its own success, people started charging silly money for it, or only selling you a couple of bottles if you filled up the rest of a case with random bottles. A backlash may stabilise pricing and allow people to choose it ‘cos it tastes good rather than because its THE wine to drink.

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