(TheDrinksBusiness) - As Napa Valley Sauvignon Blanc evolves towards a more balanced and less overtly oaky style a tasting panel picks out the best examples from 2011. The US is having a love affair with Pinot Grigio and Moscato, and these wines have each taken a turn at dethroning Sauvignon Blanc from its second, then third place ranking behind Chardonnay in volume sales of white wines. Not so in Napa Valley, where Sauvignon Blanc remains the second most planted and popular white wine. There were 6,972 acres of Chardonnay in 2011, followed by Sauvignon Blanc’s 2,632 acres. No other white grape comes anywhere close to these plantings.