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Dog Point Marlborough Section 94 Sauvignon Blanc 2006  Cloudy Bay has lost two important wine men, but the outlook is bright for both sides. There’s a couple of ways to read the recent departure of two of the leading wine men behind New Zealand's most celebrated and phenomenally successful wine label, Cloudy Bay. One, they got a better offer. Two, there was some kind of mid-life crisis involved. Both are probably correct. ''We'd both reached the magical 5-0 and thought: 'S--! If we don't do it now, we never will,''' says former Cloudy Bay viticulturist Ivan Sutherland, speaking on behalf of himself and his ex-Cloudy Bay winemaking partner and friend, James Healy. That explains the mid-life mid-career crisis. And the better offer? To be their own bosses, which they did on January 1 when they became the proprietors of a bit of Marlborough dirt, Dog Point Vineyards. Jeni Port Dog Point comes from two of the most respected names in New Zealand wine, viticulturist Ivan Sutherland and oenologist James Healy. Both formerly of Cloudy Bay, they know a thing or two about high quality Marlborough region wines. Their Dog Point range is the most impressive new release I've seen in yonks and Section 94 might be the star. Ralph Kyte Powell -