Cabernet sauvignon, or just 'the red wine I'm having'. Middle-NZ dinner-party staple.
"Pour us a cab sav, would you."
"Book club's really a cab sav club."
Drinking & Partying · New Zealand slang
Cab sav
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Casual NZ wine shorthand.
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