Show us your Charlie Campagna SFOs

Sheesh - I really fell behind on this thread. Lesson learned.

waynorth said:
I bought grapes from farms in the Okanagan valley in BC!! Produced some good vintages from 1985 to 1996 or so!!
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Very interesting, Charlie! My great-grandmother passed away when my grandfather was still an infant, leaving my great-grandfather to fend for himself and the baby in the Okanagan valley. According to my grandfather, his father had to travel nine miles to work - six by horse, to a river the horse couldn't cross (he'd leave it at a homestead by the river), swim across the river himself, and then walk another three miles to the farm he worked on. The women of the nearby Okanagan indian tribe, seeing my great-grandfather's plight, nursed and raised my infant grandfather on their reservation alongside their own children. Beautiful country - but hard too, and filled with noble souls without whom I would not be.
 
waynorth said:
I made wine for about ten years, but quit and sold my equipment when I stopped drinking! Heady days though 😁 ; I bought grapes from farms in the Okanagan valley in BC!! Produced some good vintages from 1985 to 1996 or so!! Made a Gewurtztraminer to die for, and several reds!!🍇🍷
A Shiraz Rose' sounds interesting!!😋
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My uncle who I was named after made and still makes some great wine from grapes in the okanagan,it gives him an excuse to visit his brother on the island.i usually get a bottle at xmas.
 
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birdsbeaks said:
Sheesh - I really fell behind on this thread. Lesson learned.



Very interesting, Charlie! My great-grandmother passed away when my grandfather was still an infant, leaving my great-grandfather to fend for himself and the baby in the Okanagan valley. According to my grandfather, his father had to travel nine miles to work - six by horse, to a river the horse couldn't cross (he'd leave it at a homestead by the river), swim across the river himself, and then walk another three miles to the farm he worked on. The women of the nearby Okanagan indian tribe, seeing my great-grandfather's plight, nursed and raised my infant grandfather on their reservation alongside their own children. Beautiful country - but hard too, and filled with noble souls without whom I would not be.
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Quite a distance from South Florida!! :)
 
waynorth said:
Quite a distance from South Florida!! :)
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Yep! He joined the Merchant Marine and worked all over Alaska and the surrounding areas before joining the U.S. Navy, making his way to Philly where he met my grandmother, and finally settling in West Miami, FL where he remained for the rest of his life. I'm living in their house!! Grandpa's orchids and Grandma's lilies just bloomed!!!
 
I love this knife. I'm really torn about putting a patina on this one but it's going to start riding in the pocket more often

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