The range
White wine across the styles Australians actually drink: Marlborough sauvignon blanc, pinot grigio, chardonnay from cool-climate and warmer sites, and riesling from Clare and Eden.
If you are matching food, a Marlborough sauvignon suits anything green and sharp, chardonnay handles richer dishes, and a dry riesling will take on chilli better than either.
Sauvignon blanc has a page of its own, with Marlborough and Loire Sancerre side by side — the same grape, two very different results.
11bottles. Every one with a reason written against it.
South Eastern Australia
We stock it because it is number two in ALM's national moscato segment with 9.28% share, held from last year. Moscato buyers shop by brand and by format, and this is the litre answer.
1000 mL6.0%4.7 std
$11.99
South Eastern Australia
We stock it because it is number twelve in the state and the second pinot grigio here, which is what a category with this much sauvignon blanc in it needs.
750 mL12.0%7.1 std
$11.99
South Eastern Australia
We stock it because it is number ten in the state, and because it is the cheapest way to show the difference between Australian and New Zealand sauvignon blanc, which is larger than most people expect.
750 mL12.2%7.2 std
$9.99
Clare Valley, South Australia
We stock it because the New South Wales top ten contains no chardonnay whatsoever and the most planted white grape in Australia cannot be missing from an Australian wine shelf. This is a judgment call on top of the ranking, and the Taylors bottle is the one that also earns its place on quality.
750 mL13.0%7.7 std
$19.99
Marlborough · New Zealand
We stock it because it is the number one white in New South Wales and in the country on 3.15% of the segment - more than twice the next Australian white - and because no wine list can open without it.
750 mL13.0%7.7 std
$18.99
Marlborough · New Zealand
We stock it because it is number three in the state and number three nationally, and because the same house's rose holds a tenth of the rose segment on its own - customers arrive here having already decided on the brand.
750 mL12.5%7.4 std
$16.99
Marlborough · New Zealand
We stock it because it is number six in the state and because it is the one bottle in this group whose difference from the others is a fact about the ground rather than a style choice.
750 mL12.5%7.4 std
$12.99
South Eastern Australia
We stock it because it is number eight in the state and the highest-ranked white here that is not sauvignon blanc, and because eight sauvignon blancs in a row is a list, not a range.
750 mL12.0%7.1 std
$8.99
Marlborough · New Zealand
We stock it because it is number seven in the state and number five nationally, and because it sits between the value bottles and Oyster Bay at a point on the shelf that would otherwise be empty.
750 mL12.5%7.4 std
$14.99
Marlborough · New Zealand
We stock it because it is the fifth-best-selling sauvignon blanc in the state in the wholesale data we track, and it holds the entry rung of our white shelf. Every range needs a bottle at the bottom that people buy by the case, and this is ours.
750 mL12.5%7.4 std
$9.99
Marlborough · New Zealand
We stock it because it is number two in the state and sits several dollars under Oyster Bay, which makes it the bottle people buy by the case rather than the bottle.
750 mL12.5%7.4 std
$15.99
