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How to Navigate an Unfamiliar Wine List - CHOW Tip

2,585 views · Published 2 April 2009 · 0:46 · Indexed 1 October 2026

Channel: Chowhound · 2009 · Howto & Style

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Gillian Ballance, wine director of FARM at the Carneros Inn, thinks safe choices when ordering wine are New Zealand Sauvignon Blancs and Argentinean Malbecs.

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It can be very overwhelming when you walk into a restaurant and you're faced with an unfamiliar wine list and maybe there might not be a sommelier on staff to help you navigate.  I have a few go-to regions that I think very rarely disappoint.  One of those is New Zealand for their Sauvignon Blanc's.  They're clean, fresh, grassy.  Malbec's from Argentina, they're plummy, they're juicy, they're fruity.  You can generally find, on most wine lists, a great New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc, a delicious plummy, fruity Malbec from Argentina, for anywhere in the high twenties to low forty price range.

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