Julian Jeffs

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1 A literate monograph, and useful as well!
Why Spanish wines?
When experimenting with wines that suited my budget (less than ten dollars a bottle), I found that most French wines disappointed, while ALL the Spanish wines were very good.
Hence, Spanish wines.
A quotation from the book supports, at least in part, my observations -
"It is now almost impossible to buy a bad Rioja"

Julian Jeffs book is extremely well written, with thorough discussions of the climate, the soil, the grapes, the wines and the Bodegas of the various regions in Spain. Interspersed are several interesting historical details and cultural and literary references. Wonderful to read in the chapter on Sherry was Falstaff's speech in praise of "sherris-sack" from Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 2 quoted in full. Even better was to find out that they have a monument to G. K. Chesterton in Sitges, a Catalonian town where he often visited.

Refreshingly, this book does not have any photographs - it is not wine-porn! Instead there are lovely line drawings by Wendy Jones, that blend in well with the text, without distracting from it. Again refreshingly, wines are not classified individually. The book will not drive the potential wine buyer to worrying about the relative worth and merits of an 85 point wine compared to a 90 point wine. The classification is done for each region by rating the vintage years on a scale of 1 (least good) to 7 (best). There are additional comments about individual wines in the discussions of the Bodegas.

The book is useful for the Spanish wine enthusiast, and it is good reading for anyone interested in wine.

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• The New Spain : A Complete Guide to Contemporary Spanish Wine (New (Mitchell Beazley))

Q:	How many members of the U.S.S. Enterprise does it take to change a

	light bulb?

A:	Seven.  Scotty has to report to Captain Kirk that the light bulb in

	the Engineering Section is getting dim, at which point Kirk will send

	Bones to pronounce the bulb dead (although he'll immediately claim

	that he's a doctor, not an electrician).  Scotty, after checking

	around, realizes that they have no more new light bulbs, and complains

	that he "canna" see in the dark.  Kirk will make an emergency stop at

	the next uncharted planet, Alpha Regula IV, to procure a light bulb

	from the natives, who, are friendly, but seem to be hiding something.

	Kirk, Spock, Bones, Yeoman Rand and two red shirt security officers

	beam down to the planet, where the two security officers are promply

	killed by the natives, and the rest of the landing party is captured.

	As something begins to develop between the Captain and Yeoman Rand,

	Scotty, back in orbit, is attacked by a Klingon destroyer and must

	warp out of orbit.  Although badly outgunned, he cripples the Klingon

	and races back to the planet in order to rescue Kirk et. al. who have

	just saved the natives' from an awful fate and, as a reward, been

	given all light bulbs they can carry.  The new bulb is then inserted

	and the Enterprise continues on its five year mission.





(1) X=Y				; Given

(2) X^2=XY			; Multiply both sides by X

(3) X^2-Y^2=XY-Y^2		; Subtract Y^2 from both sides

(4) (X+Y)(X-Y)=Y(X-Y)		; Factor

(5) X+Y=Y			; Cancel out (X-Y) term

(6) 2Y=Y			; Substitute X for Y, by equation 1

(7) 2=1				; Divide both sides by Y

		-- "Omni", proof that 2 equals 1