Hollywood lawyer Danny Roth is the victim of a world-class wine heist
- & he is devastated. Sam Levitt former corporate lawyer wine connoisseur & expert on cultivated crime is called in by Roths insurance company now saddled with a multi-million-dollar claim. His leads take him first to Bordeauxs magnificent vineyards & then to glorious Provence. Along the way bien sur hes joined by a beautiful French colleague Sophie. In their quest to discover the truth Sam & Sophie must explore many a chateau & its contents. The unravelling of this ingenious crime is threaded through with Mayles seductive rendering of Frances sensory delights. From the fine wines of Bordeaux to the bouillabaisse of Marseille this is pure vintage Mayle.