With the Riesling, this makes for one of the driest wines in France, in no way resembling the flowery, grapey Riesling of the German Rhine. |
Even in the Mallee, the driest region in the state, water pipelines have ensured reasonable cover of grass. |
We are at the tail end of what is officially the driest autumn and winter on record. |
Plans are being drawn up to pipe water around Scotland as the country heads for its driest spring on record. |
However, even this broad pattern is not universal, for giraffes, impalas, and kongoni have their peak of births at the driest time of year. |
I stress this pattern because July has been a wet month, a dramatic reversal from the driest June on record. |