With apologies to any purple pagers in Invercargill and Tierra del Fuego, I write doused in summery sensations – and not just because I spent last Saturday morning wandering, at a crowd of snails' pace, through Monet's garden in Montrachet Wines. Americans are advised to key 'Schloss Saarstein 2001' in to 03/06/03
Schloss Saarstein Riesling QbA trocken 2002
Monday 2 June 2003
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