Benjamin Hammerschlag in my heart

Ben Hammerschlag, creator, owner and CEO of Epicurean Wines, would have been 48 years old when I first posted this on July 28th, his birthday. In his memory, I read to express my love and to place a plaque on the sculpture The Sower by artist and his dear friend Monserrat Daubón. I placed The Sower on his vineyard Imprimata in McClaren Vale, South Australia after his death at age 47. I wrote and recorded words from my heart for the placement of a plaque.

Click the red arrow on "For the Plaque on The Sower" below to hear me read what I wrote. To the right above is The Sower in Monserrat Daubón's studio. Then click the red arrow on the sunset he photographed from his home on the vineyard he found, sowed, created. I haltingly play a hymn on my flute in his memory.

 Below that I show you the apex of Ben's vineyard where he sat in the evening to watch the sunset over the sea that he loved—and where I placed The Sower facing him on that bench where he still sits in my memory.

Below is a photo of the bench and the artistic arc over it that he designed, along with a video he did describing his vision .

It is here on that apex that I held —click the link ↠↠ a memorial you may read and hear and where you may see The Sower facing that bench where he sat and envisioned.

Apex of Imprimata, Ben's vineyard

Photo by Ben Hammerschlag

 With love, hope and light,