NZ Sauvignon supplies a 'disaster'

Supplies from the Marlborough region are reported to be at least 35% down on the year before, according to Bibendum’s on-trade channel director John Graves, although others report a total vintage decline at 19% for the country, and 21% down for Marlborough.

“This isn’t unexpected,” he said. “Industry has known about this for a good twelve months, and we’ve been trying to say to customers there’s a real problem here. And it’s a category that’s always on the edge of never having enough wine.”

他说,reality of the situation is now only starting to hit home as operators ask for wine supplies that aren’t there. “It’s only really now, when you say sorry, you can’t have any, that people are going oh really?”

尽管供应问题主要影响了马尔伯勒地区，但他指出，这将导致整个新西兰的供应压力增加，而且价格也在上升。

他说,expectation on price had been set by a move towards bulk production in the country, as a result the wine had been sold in “supermarkets and pubs way below the rate it should have been sold at, so people will be expecting a certain price point and it’s miles more expensive now.”

情况不太可能很快解决

他补充说，问题也不太可能很快消失：“由于复古的影响，明年的供应也将受到影响，因此这里发生了两年的问题。”

He is now urging pub operators to look to alternative supplies to New Zealand Sauvignon for sub £25 wine listings. “We’re looking in areas like South Africa, where there’s really good supply, great value and quality. We’re going to be seeing a lot of New Zealand look-alike bottles from South Africa, but actually the value for money coming in is better than New Zealand at entry point.”

他还说，西班牙西班牙也是一个经常被忽视的机会：“鲁达（Rueda）对长相思是一个了不起的领域，但它从未获得过应有的质量认可。它价格便宜，在很多情况下，要好得多。”