I have been writing a record of my life and experiences, in order to pass on a record of what I was up to during my lifetime. mainly it’s for my children and their children. to give them possibly a better understanding of who they are.

One of the adventures in my life started in 1962. It was then that I went to France. It was not planned but rather, it just happened. I had been in France for some time and was beginning to run out of money. I took seasonal work at the Vieux Cateau Certan in Pomerol for the grape harvest. It’s called la vendange. The wine that is made there is a superior Merlot.

I have always wondered what it would cost to purchase a bottle of that wine today. So I took a moment to Gooogle it. What a surprise and with it a sense of time well spent in my youth. A 1962 bottle of the wines which I helped make has a global price of $1,095. WOW!