1. New Zealand Signature Varietal: Sauvignon Blanc Sam Lynds, Mud House Wines

2. New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc - one of the world’s most acclaimed wines “No previous wine had shocked thrilled, offended and entranced the world before” - Oz Clarke (UK) "Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc has become arguably the world's only great new wine style this century” - Huon Hooke, The Age (Australia) “ New Zealand has shown that it just might make the world’s best Sauvignon Blanc” - Charles Laverick, Restaurant Hospitality (USA)

3. Let’s Taste Mud House Sauvignon Blanc Marlborough 2009 Seifried Aotea Sauvignon Blanc Nelson 2009

4. A Few Facts and Figures First commercially planted in 1973 in Marlborough. With 14,735 hectares, it represents 47% of all NZ plantings. Marlborough dominates production with 84% of the Sauvignon Blanc plantings. In year to June 2009 NZ exported 91.7 million litres (81% of all wine exports).

5. No Resting on Laurels Extensive research programme : To gain better understanding of how character and flavour are achieved and how we can enhance overall quality in the future Development of styles: -Within regions beyond Marlborough -Within sub-regions within Marlborough (Awatere, Wairau Valley, Southern Valleys) -Through wine-making techniques