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  • Gimblett Gravels is a small, but celebrated wine-growing district in the Hawke's Bay region of New Zealand.

    New Zealand's Champions Will Lyons 2011

  • In 2001, a group of local winemakers and grape-growers designated the area Gimblett Gravels, legally registering it as a brand, now known for producing high-quality wines.

    New Zealand's Champions Will Lyons 2011

  • This is an outstanding wine that will cellar for many years and one that ought to, in terms of quality, catapult Syrah from the Gimblett Gravels into wine's major league.

    New Zealand's Champions Will Lyons 2011

  • Gravels and sands (according to their density and moisture content).

    Permafrost and infrastructure in the Arctic 2009

  • Gravels questions by Hayesml47 on Monday, May 21, 2007 at 1: 02: 07 PM

    Would You Like to ask Senator Gravel a Question? 2007

  • Because without the Gravels and without the Dennis Kuciniches ...

    CNN Transcript Jul 14, 2007 2007

  • Gravels, sands, and to a lesser extent silts, are therefore characterized by their stability in the presence of water.

    Chapter 5 1995

  • Gravels and sands give the material its strength, whilst clays bind it together; silts fulfil a less clear intermediate function.

    Chapter 5 1995

  • Grounds about those Places; for it is certain there is as much difference in Barley as in Wheat or other Grain, from the sort it comes off, as appears by the excellent Wheats that grow in the marly vale Earths, Peas in Sands, and Barley in Gravels and Chalks, &c.

    The London and Country Brewer Anonymous

  • Gravels or Chalks; the smooth plump Corn imbibing the water more kindly, when the lean and steely Barley will not so naturally; but to know when it is enough, is to take a Corn end-ways between the Fingers and gently crush it, and if it is in all parts mellow, and the husk opens or starts a little from the body of the Corn, then it is enough: The nicety of this is

    The London and Country Brewer Anonymous

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