"In around 1850, Vernet had 82 inhabitants. In '39, there was a little old man who lent us his house for dancing, we drank the wine he made.” “There were climbing vines and even wild vines that were left to climb into the holm oaks, clinton vines. They had very small bunches, sometimes you needed half a day to pick a bucketful. There were also iron wires stretched across rivers, you had to unhook the wire to pick while standing in the riverbed. We made wine for the family to drink.” (Patricia Grime)