In article >,
says...
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>"Hunt" wrote in message
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>> The 2005 harvest will not start for some months,
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>Lest I should appear to be the pedantic antipodean, of course, the 2005
>vintage is now completed in Australia, New Zealand, Chile and South Africa.
>
>Some 2005 NZ Sauvignon Blanc will start appearing on the shelves in August
>or September, but by far the greater volume will not show up until well in
>'06.
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>--
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>st.helier

Duh, of course! And here I was even drinking one of those "old" 2004 NZ SBs,
as I typed! Should have had a fresh release in my glass <G>. Thanks for
pointing that little bit out to me - I keep forgetting about the harvest times
in the Southern Hemisphere.

BTW, how is the current wine looking down there? I must have missed the WS
assessment.

Hunt