Spanish wine the southern Mediterranean coast are suitable for producing grapes of high alcohol levels and low acidity. Spanish wine laws created the "Denominación de Origen" (DO) system in 1932 and were later revised in 1970. The system shares many similarities with the hierarchical "Appellation d'origine contrôlée" (AOC) system of France, Portugal's "Denominação de Origem Controlada" (DOC) and Italy's "Denominazione di origine controllata" (DOC) system. As of 2009, there were 79 Quality Wine areas across Spain. In addition there is "Denominación de Origen Calificada" (DOCa or DOQ in Catalan) status for DOs that have a consistent track record for quality. There are
What Would the Founders Do? story in so fascinating a way." What Would the Founders Do? What Would the Founders Do?: Our Questions, Their Answers is a 2006 non-fiction book by American journalist and historian Richard Brookhiser. The author discusses the viewpoints, backgrounds, and character traits of the American Founding Fathers and compares and contrasts them with the socio-political debates of present-day Americans. Brookhiser states, "We can be as intelligent as they were, and as serious, as practical, and as brave." The book was published by Basic Books. Some of the issues detailed include the death penalty, gun control, censorship, assisted suicide, preemptive war, Indian