Caught Red-Handed at Romanée-Conti: The Blood of the Vine, Volume 13, Noël Balen, Jean-Pierre Alaux

Winemaker Benjamin Cooker, accompanied by his "Wine is a sprightly assistant Virgile Lanssien, travels to Burgundy to orchestrate the harvest. At the fateful hour when the vintage is put into the cellar, dark clouds gather a puzzle, the solution above Nuits-Saint-Georges and Vosne. The whole country is at the bottom in turmoil when a violent hailstorm ravages the of the glass." ripe grapes, ready to be picked. The disaster is Benjamin all the more terrible as the naked body of a young harvester, a student at the Beaune wine school, is discovered at the same time.

Between the ruins of the Saint-Vivant monastery and the foliage of Gilly castle, under the furies of the sky and in the shadow of the Romanée-Conti cross, hide family secrets, occult ties, guilty loves and tenacious resentments.

Inspector Cluzel, officially in charge of the investigation, will trample through the mud of the vineyards and fall into the trap set by a murderer who enjoys muddying the waters. Cooker will get involved and will savor his revenge like a great Burgundy wine, in small sips, with respect and humility.