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New Zealand Wine Missing at Sea
Disaster has struck the coast of New Zealand, and to a considerably smaller extent, one Marlborough winery. In October, the Rena, a 775-foot-long, 50,000-ton cargo ship, ran aground on a reef as it was leaving New Zealand. Onboard the ship were 4,000 cases of Astrolabe Sauvignon Blanc-worth nearly $1 million. The name of the reef upon which the Rena remains stuck? Also Astrolabe. And the cruelest irony of all: An astrolabe is a navigational instrument that dates back more than 2,000 years, and which might have helped avoid the shipwreck.
For the full article, check out the new issue of Wine Spectator, on newsstands December 6, 2011.
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