That CJJ Berry book...

[MrsCordial]

Hilarious! Between the photo of him on the back straight out of The Goon Show, the black & white photos of foxy ladies wielding power tools (a fruit pulper) and toying suggestively with tubing, and his "what what?" type comments about increased alcohol content, it's a hoot!

[Kirk]

Which CJJ Berry book have you got?
Mine is full of wine recipes, not a picture of the auther and no-one doing anything suggestive or worse with tubing.

It is sort of "50 homwmade wine recipes" not "50 shades of Grey" isn't it?

[MrsCordial]

I've got First Steps in Winemaking, 6th ed, pub 1980. Those home-brewers were a racy bunch in the 70s & 80s!

[ohbeary]

I had a 70's copy(new) and never noticed anything smutty and I would have!, it fell apart and my 2005 copy has only relevant text...

[Hazel at the Hill]

my version does have pics (but not your back cover jobbie!) - reminding me of OU broadcasts full of science bods with comb overs, tanktops & 'tashes!

[MrsCordial]

Absolutely, that's just the genre!

[StephenH]

I've got the 9th edition, '96. I remember the foxy ladies doing suggestive things with their equipment from earlier editions I used to own, but sadly they seem to have disappeared by '96. I suspect that he took all the photos himself, since they're decidedly not professional standard, and that the foxy ladies were his daughters. His surname is decidedly appropriate for a country wine maker.
Just looked him up on Wikipedia. He popped his clogs in 2002, aged 84.

[Farmer_Gyles]

his book is probably due a rewrite .... any foxy ladies willing to be models for the photos??

[StephenH]

Hilarious! .... it's a hoot!

Indeed it is - mostly unintentionally. His deliberate attempts at wit are somewhat leaden.