If you are wondering why this collection of newly released New Zealand wines, tasted in London at the end of last year, includes not one Pinot Noir, there is a simple explanation. Today Jancis heads off to Wellington for Pinot Noir NZ 2017 and to visit producers on the pencil in the ocean, promising to return with a full report on New Zealand Pinot.
In the interests of self-preservation, and because of my total immersion in NZ Sauvignon Blanc this time last year, I chose to taste as many different white varieties as possible, including a selection of Sauvignon Blancs, and...