Chance to try Spanish ‘light white’ (NZ)

Boutique vineyard Stanley Estates will be testing a popular Spanish “light white” on the New Zealand palate at a wine tasting in Blenheim today. In 2009, the Awatere Valley vineyard was the first in the South Island to plant Albarino, a premium white grape variety from the Rias Baixas area of northwest Spain and from northern Portugal along the Atlantic coast. Owners Steve Pellett and Bridget Ennals said they first sampled the wine while working in Spain as fruit technologists for import companies in Britain, reports The Marlborough Express.