Olive indigestion
THE farmers of Baena, a little Andalusian town near Jaen, are not impressed by Franz Fischler's knowledge of olives. The European Union's agriculture commissioner had to be prevented from eating an olive straight off the tree, a sure way to get indigestion. Nor do they think much of his feeling for wine. They say he was unable to drink from a traditional skin bota.
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