This stunning Sauvignon blanc is made by one of the top New Zealand’s top wine makers, Ben Glover and is an homage to his late sister, Kate.

It is a zesty Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc offers the best of what the region has to offer. There are lovely aromas of white peach, melon and tropical fruits. Wonderful tastes of tropical passion fruit, guava and mandarin on the palate as well as a mouth-watering succulence and a delightful persistence.

When it comes to professional wine people, Ben Glover is about as top-of-the-tree as it gets. Ben's role call includes almost too many accolades. Previously a Wine Marlborough committee member, chair of the Bragato Wine Show (New Zealand's only single vineyard wine show) and was chair of Pinot Noir 2017 New Zealand, the world's largest and most prestigious pinot noir event. He was an inaugural Len Evans scholar in 2001 and has over 25 years of experience as a national and international wine judge. This is all to say that, when you open a bottle of Bob/short for Kate, you are in safe hands.

Nicknamed ‘Bob’ by her family (some of you may recognize the Blackadder reference), Bob Short for Kate is a tribute to Kate Glover, an amazing young drama teacher and Ben’s sister, who passed away in 2018. Ben explains that he has looked to produce a wine that characterises the honesty, purity and confidence of Kate. These are organic, Marlborough wines, reliant on selected blocks from the family’s vines and exceptional fruit selection. Not to mention the skill of one of the region’s most well-regarded winemakers.

"Winemakers naturally consider the terroir, grape quality and style of wine they hope to produce when considering the characteristics of a new wine.

For the Glover family, the approach for this label has been entirely different. With Bob Short for Kate we've looked to produce a wine that characterises the honesty, purity and confidence of Kate Glover (aka 'Bob'), who passed away in 2018.

Bob Short for Kate is an ode to Kate. A tribute to a truly genuine person, for whom honesty and purity came as second nature, who was conscious of living a healthy lifestyle, and who (along with being a Blackadder fan) lived for the theatre, for family and for great company.

"Our organic Marlborough wines - small-batch Pinot Noir and Sauvignon Blanc - are produced like no other; where the precious reputation and love of a treasured family member is reliant on exceptional fruit selection and winemaking crafted equally with uncompromising love by Marlborough winemaker and Kate's older brother, Ben.

Bob Short for Kate is both organic and vegan, and pure to a tee. Just how Kate would love it. The result is a delicious wine that commands respect without seeking it. A wine that, as a character, bares its soul on stage with quiet pride and confidence, and nothing to hide.

Vineyard selection played a lead role in the creation of these wines, and Ben sourced fruit from selected organic blocks off the family's Marlborough vine­ yards that characterised his memories  of growing up with Kate and her love of the family farm.

Simply put, this is Bob in a bottle." 

As Jancis Robinson says: “a more complex Marlborough Sauvignon than most, with notes of greenery. A superior version of a well-loved style of wine.”