From friend

xavier,

you may not remember me but we spent several dinners and many drinks together in groups of close friends.

I have seen this blog for some time that your lovely Francis helped to bring to life, and have regularly read of your progress.

All I can say is that you have lived through an amazing story, and watching the power of your bonne ami and family around you has been an inspiration. You are so blessed in your life to have the love of your close friends and family create this healing light around you and I am certain that every person who knows this story believes that a miracle has happened, something magical.

Never give up and always believe in your own talents' ability to bring you back to full health. I know you have your passion of wine, and i remember it is infectious to all around you, but you are even more lucky than this talent because you now have been through an experience that has opened the "palette" of life to you. Maybe that sounds funny in French, but in english it is the only way to express it, I hope it translates well to you.

I can not comment as a close friend,and I do not pretend to be a close friend in any way, but from a distance your experiences have made me realise how much we must savour today, and how things that we believe are important to us, often are actually just follies and that the most important thing in the world is the love of those around you and how we treat them in return.

Every blessing and warmth to you for a return to this world... and for Francis, your love for Xavier is what every man dreams he will find one day,your never ending support for xavier has been a blessing. Your parents efforts to make sure your english speaking friends could also understand the blog was amazing and greatly appreciated i am sure.

This experience in your life is just a 2nd fermentation in the bottle, the correct methode before a fantastic vintage will mature....you will be fine.

Buonna fortuna, ci veddiamo