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THE SUMMER 2008 ROSE STORY
In the brain-sucking silence of deepest space, cold and alone, with only a skin of titanium between her and the crushing awareness of the wider universe, Astrid wept. Yesterday's tears (whatever a "yesterday" was) hung in the cabin, tangible echoes of past sadness; drops collided with random aimlessness, the formation of her own star system played out in miniature mimicry of unfathomably vast cosmic events. Not so much a streetcar named desire as a space craft named despair. Numbly she went through her chores, checking readings, monitoring the on-board experiments and then her exercise routine, a grotesque dance of lethargy that bored her more than doing nothing.Whatever had possessed her to volunteer for this tour? Astrid astride her fruitless, go nowhere bicycle lashed out with impotent rage and banged the bulkhead which intruded into the cabin. A seamlessly fitted door appeared out of the smooth metal and dropped silently open. The glow from the instrument panel revealed a deep recess, cold and clinical, but bearing unexpected treasure. Fitted snugly into individual, padded boxes were twelve bottles of brilliant Rosés, a corkscrew and a tender note that said, simply, "For when you get homesick….." She cried again but this time she smiled through her tears as she feverishly worked the corkscrew.She laughed at herself for her sad silliness, it wasn't really so bad was it? Besides, she only had another two months to go and then it was time for home. Why, she might even miss the old exercise bike, she thought, and rubbed the saddle almost affectionately. Everything seemed much brighter now; how could she have allowed herself to slip into a slough of such self pity? Jollier, with confidence restored and a renewed sense of purpose, she resolved to visit Wines of Interest immediately after touchdown to see if their unbeatable range of the most original Rosés worked its therapeutic magic back on terra firma. In her heart she just knew it would.If you find yourself floating in a summer bereft of inspiring refreshment, Wines of Interest's brilliant Rosé Offer will revive and uplift you with its originality and value.Choose our "Little Pink Box" (6 bottles) or "Big Pink Box" (12 bottles) of delicious rosés at reduced prices. There, that's summer sorted.
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