My Grandpa’s Wine Press !
W. Peter Sanci Aug. 31/ 2008
Well good day again my dear, dear friend’s.
It’s been a long, long while since I have written anything again.
Let’s just say I have been pursing other interests.
Tonight I want to take you back in time, to a much simpler life style and where we didn’t move so fast.
Every year around October my grandparent’s street would smell like fresh grapes.
And that was because all of the old Italian men, like my grandpa would be putting their grape cartons out in the backyards to ripen.
It was like no other smell in the world.
I couldn’t wait for my grandfather to call me to tell me it was time to press the grapes into wine.
I was so excited, I ran down to get into the car, I forgot my keys and I had to go back in the house.
As a result I was several minutes late, and my nono, ( Grandfather in Italian.) let me know that he wasn’t to happy about it.
So we got started. You had to make two presses if you wanted really good homemade wine, and my nono’s was the best in the whole city of Toronto.
Then we carefully took the grapes out of their big boxes.
And started to push them into the press.
It didn’t take too long and we had one whole demi john filled to the brim.
Well my dear, dear friend’s I tell you that year it was our best batch ever.
If there was a contest for the best wine in the city, we would have won for sure.
Author notes
Hi Everyone. I'm back ! This is a true story, I enjoyed helping my grandpa make his wine every year. It was somethng we both enjoyed together.I hope you all enjoy m little story.
A contest entry
- Memorable moments by Barefoot poet.
450 points, ended September 9, 2008, 15 entries
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This sounds like it was something really special to you, and a memory to treasure. Thanks for entering and good luck.
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I think you must really be an angel to write so niel;y aboou one of my poems. May God bless you every dayof you're life ! -
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Yes they were indeed special times I shared with my nono as we called him ! He has been in heaven a long long time yet I still think of him and miss him every day.Thanks agsin for yuo 're very kind words. -
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Shining Eyes !
Thanks so much for you're very kind remaks abouut my poem. Yes I treasure those moments woth ,y grandpa a lot ! Thanks once again.
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Another Great One !
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