Spatula Diaries: Why Sauvignon Blanc trumps Chardonnay

“For white wine drinkers in the United States, Chardonnay remains the favorite, outselling other whites nearly two-to-one,” writes 225 food blogger Maggie Heyn Richardson. “It will be flying off shelves once again this Thanksgiving—and understandably so. It’s the biggest of the whites and measures up well to hearty fall fare, especially dishes with a high fat content. But I’m not convinced. Sure, there are a few dishes with which Chardonnay sings, cream-sauced fish and fowl among them, but invariably my white wine default is Sauvignon Blanc, a varietal that cozies up to a much wider range of flavor profiles.” Find out more about this delicious sippable in this week’s Spatula Diaries.