The Long Way Home

It was in July, about five years before I was born, when they met.
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The Long Way Home

On the sommelier knife my father had engraved a date, and only a date, nothing more; nonetheless it was a very special date for it was the date that my parents first met.
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The Long Way Home

Furthermore, as the handle was made from red oak each sommelier knife was unique in its own way, making it even more special, but what my mother liked most about it though, was not so much the uniqueness or the beauty of the knife, but the inscription my father had engraved in it for her.
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The Long Way Home

Of course, I would find out later that the sommelier knife that my father had gotten for her was no ordinary knife, but a Chateau Laguiole Grand Cru whose handle was made from old red oak barrels that once had been used in actual vineyards, and apparently you could still smell the soft, sweet fragrance [...]

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