Editing Sauvignon blanc (section)

===North America===
[[File:Chinook Yakima Sauv blanc.jpg|right|thumb|A Sauvignon blanc from the Yakima Valley of Washington State]]
[[File:California Sauvignon blanc.jpg|left|thumb|A California Sauvignon blanc]]

In North America, California is the leading producer of Sauvignon blanc with plantings also found in the [[Washington wine|Washington state]] and on the [[Short Hills Bench]] of the [[Niagara Peninsula]] and [[Okanagan Valley (wine region)|Okanagan Valley]] in Canada. Sauvignon Blanc is also grown in small regions in [[Ohio (wine)|Ohio]] along Lake Erie and the Ohio River. In California wine produced from the Sauvignon blanc grape is also known as Fumé Blanc. This [[California wine]] was first made by [[Napa Valley AVA|Napa Valley]]'s [[Robert Mondavi]] Winery in 1968. Mondavi had been offered a crop of particularly good Sauvignon blanc [[grape]]s by a grower. At that time the variety had a poor reputation in California due to its grassy flavor and aggressive aromas. Mondavi decided to try to tame that aggressiveness with [[oak (wine)|barrel agings]] and released the wine under the name Fumé Blanc as an allusion to the French [[Pouilly-Fumé]].<ref name="Robinson p. 124"/> The usage of the term is primarily a [[marketing]] base one with California wine makers choosing whichever name they prefer. Both oaked and unoaked Sauvignon blanc wines have been marketed under the name Fumé Blanc.<ref name="MacNeil p. 647">K. MacNeil. ''The Wine Bible'', p. 647, Workman Publishing 2001. {{ISBN|1-56305-434-5}}.</ref> California Sauvignon blancs tend to fall into two styles. The New Zealand-influenced Sauvignon blanc have more grassy undertones with citrus and passion fruit notes. The Mondavi-influenced Fumé Blanc are more round with melon notes.<ref name="Clarke p. 225"/>