At times that arrogant notion has probably had a good basis in reality, such are the traditionally rich orchards of the NRL where the trees swoon with fruit, but it certainly wasn't borne out on Saturday night.
We had slipped off the edge of the Karoo, and were now chugging through the Breede river valley, rich with orchards and vineyards.
The city itself is the centre of a rich region of orchards and vineyards and manufactures plastics, wine, and canned food.
Since early February, when villagers joined with police forces to begin ousting Taliban fighters from this region of rich vineyards and orchards southwest of Kandahar City, hundreds of residents have rallied to support the government.
Seamlessly weaving together chenin blanc, sauvignon blanc and semillon into a live-wire package that fizzes with nervous energy behind the intense citrus, minerals and richer tropical and orchard fruit flavours, it would work right through the Christmas meal.
Colonel Hickey said the Americans learned from an interrogation of one of Mr. Hussein's relatives barely three hours earlier that he could be found in the area near the peasant's house, among flat, silted lands along the Tigris River rich with citrus orchards and palm groves.
This two-story brick farmhouse is on a 25-acre property in Kent, a county known as the Garden of England because of its plentiful fruit orchards and rich soil traditionally valued for cultivating hops.
But that's changing, thanks to culinary ambassadors from Europe who are spreading the word about this stunning green region along the northern Italian border near Austria, rich with vineyards, apple orchards and mountaintop farms.
The best French ciders — like my favorite, Etienne Dupont Cidre Bouché Brut — come from orchard-rich Normandy and are unabashedly musty.
