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Well, we couldn't be happier with the Fainwood sauvignon blanc. The folks at Crushpad executed our wine plan just as we had hoped and we have a delicious and imminently drinkable bottle of summer wine. It is a straight down the middle sauvignon blanc made in what we think of as the Napa style: brightly acidic, but not overly so, fruity, but not overly perfumed like many of those from New Zealand. We've found that it drinks best after it's been open for about 15-30 minutes and once it's warmed up a bit from the fridge, which makes it a bit too cold, masking the flavors. (As evidenced by the pictures, we've had many "test" bottles so far to figure this out.) In a future post we'll put all the technical details about the wine.