“I am a guy and yeah the old ladies put me to work at a young age so I did not grow up stupid or hungry.”
Same here, back in the 50’s, my father and uncle would make
rather large barrels of red wine. As a pre-teen I did all the heavy lifting and none of the sampling.lol
They all made wine around here.
My great-grandfather opened the first Speakeasy in Pennsylvania! Way back when, not long after he immigrated from Sicily!