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In 1861 Claude Bernard purchased, for 60,000 francs, the manor house on the hill of Chatenay above Saint Julien, which is located just beside the small house owned by his parents and where he was born. He used to spend August and September every year at this property. He personally supervised the grape harvesting from his own vineyards and the production of his own Beaujolais. He had a laboratory installed, some of the instruments of which can still be seen there, and, even during his holidays, he carried out experiments, sometimes with frogs collected by boys in the neighborhood (Fig. 6). His property and his birthplace became a museum which was recently renovated (www.agglo-villefranche.fr/musee-claude-bernard.html). Once in the lifetime of every diabetologist, it should be an obligation to visit the birthplace of Claude Bernard and the museum, and of course to bring home some “Claude Bernard Wine” from his vineyards – it could certainly inspire diabetes researchers. They should also not miss out on the opportunity to take a picture of the Claude Bernard statue on the square in front of the church in St. Julien (Fig. 7).