The nose is as crisp, pungent, and in your face with gooseberries, passion fruit and bright citrus as any good piece of cinema veritÈ.

The palate is more of the lemon citrus and (here's a surprise twist in the plot) a ton of peach, and not the canned stuff, either. This is right-off-the-tree-in-a-Georgia-orchard peach.

Maybe best of all is the finish (aftertaste), which is nice and long and has enough grass to fashion a hula skirt.

Different, powerful and pretty unforgettable. If you're going to be bold and rent (or "put in your queue," as the kids say) a funky foreign film, this is the bold, different wine to have with it. The new:new ratio will work for you. If you're a fan of†New Zealand sauvignon blanc†and drink it regularly already, then you're probably also a fan of weird foreign cinema, so this is still the wine to have.

Cheers,
TSW

* - If you get it on DVD, make sure you go to the Extras and watch "The Perfect Human." If you rent “The Five Obstructions” on VHS, you might want to think about unhitching your horse from outside your mud hut and going down to Best Buy for a DVD player.

The Five Obstructions
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0354575/

I know nothing if not my cherished WoW audience. Your passions for hot wings and truck pulls belie a deep love for the rarified imports. This week I have two treasures for you.

First up is "The Five Obstructions,"* a Danish documentary that is so different from anything you've seen in a long time that you will be totally overwhelmed by its freshness, whether or not you like it (though, with an open mind, I think you will).

Your second treasure is what you should drink while watching the movie. Yes, Chablis and vodka are featured in the film, but your ideal pairing will be a different white.

The Nobilo sauvignon blanc from New Zealand is as fresh, foreign and strangely intoxicating as any good flick you'll see with subtitles.

The color is deeper than most wines this young. That's not to say it's dark, but its light straw color is deeper than many of the water-hued wines that are just a few months old.