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Dog Point Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2010  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 Vineyard is a newly established winery situated in the Wairau Valley, the major grape growing region of New Zealand. It combines the considerable wine growing experience of Ivan and Margaret Sutherland and James and Wendy Healy. The philosophy is total involvement by the partners from the vineyard through the wine making process to marketing regionally distinctive and vineyard expressive wines. A mixture of tropical and ripe citrus fruits with a hint of fresh herbs. Rich and full bodied with juicy texture and fine acid balance. Dog Point Wines