Need help in selecting a white wine

[Innkeeper]

The only other white that gets a dose of oak is much, but certainly not all New World sauvignon blanc. It was pretty much all quite oaky until the Kiwi SB came along. It became so hugely successful that some in Australia and California have begun to deoak their's. Most South American and South Africa SB is still quite oaky.

They don't use the term unwooded or unoaked with oak free SB. You have to read the label. If it says "reserve" even if it is from New Zealand look for oak. Otherwise look for terms such as toasty, vanilla, butterscotch, and the like to tip you off.