February 16, 2018

O:TU "Blend 102" Sauvignon Blanc 2016

(Marlborough, New Zealand) $29

It’s hard to be carefully outrageous. Snappy but not sour. A touch green but not megagreen. Bold but not brash. Alas, a lot of New Zealand sauvignon blancs are like bulls in a china shop. In fact, I rarely put New Zealand sauvignon blanc and elegance in the same sentence. But O:TU has elegance and style. It’s as precise as a sushi knife and super zesty. A carefully outrageous shower of lime. Just waiting for seafood. (13% abv)

90 points KM

Available at NZ Wine Navigator

Which food was reported in an April Fool’s hoax to supposedly grow on trees?

A. Spaghetti

B. Mushrooms

C. Rice

D. Turnips

The spaghetti-tree hoax was a three-minute prank report which aired on April Fools’ Day in 1957 on the BBC current-affairs program Panorama. The broadcast showed a family in southern Switzerland harvesting spaghetti from the family “spaghetti tree”. At the time spaghetti was relatively unknown in the U.K. The BBC told viewers they could grow their own spaghetti trees by “placing a sprig of spaghetti in a tin of tomato sauce and hoping for the best”. An estimated 8 million people watched the program and hundreds phoned in to question the authenticity of the story or to ask for more information about how they could grow their own.

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O:TU "Blend 102" Sauvignon Blanc 2016

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