Greg is happy to be home from the hospital in Lyon, France..

Dear Family, Friends and our California Wine Merchant Community.

I’m Deborah, Greg’s wife.

This photo was taken at Chez Panisse 7 weeks after Greg suffered a near-fatal cardiac arrest in Lyon, France. Life has changed for Greg and his family but he is so grateful to be alive...

Miraculously, two young women trained in CPR worked on Greg for 30 minutes until paramedics arrived and continued efforts for another 45 minutes. The paramedics told us to say goodbye - that Greg wasn’t expected to survive the ambulance ride to the hospital.

Once in the ICU, he endured multiple cardiac arrests and began a 10-day stay in critical condition. Three days in, he suffered another cardiac arrest. Over the following 2 weeks there were signs of recovery—despite painful broken ribs, pneumonia, dangerously low blood pressure, and surgery to insert a stent into his heart. He had an additional procedure to implant an internal defibrillator before doctors considered it safe for him to be discharged and fly home.

Chelsea, Riley, and I were by his side 24/7 at the hospital and we’re incredibly grateful to the medical team for their extraordinary care. This was sudden, shocking, and has brought significant out-of-pocket expenses while we remained in France, awaiting his second surgery and a safe way to fly him home.

Thanks to our incredible staff, the California Wine Merchant continued to operate as usual. Your support means the world to us—now more than ever.

With all our hearts, thank you for helping Greg get through this well enough to travel home.

Warmly,

Greg, Deborah, Chelsea, and Riley