Trevoh Blanc isn't your average detective.He's a self-proclaimed "world-class investigator of wine-related crimes," a man with a legendary nose for vintages... and an equally legendary ability to trip over barrels, start fires, and accuse the wrong suspect before breakfast.When the world's most feared wine critic, Lucien Cask, collapses at a glamorous Bordeaux tasting gala, everyone assumes it was a tragic accident - bad oysters, perhaps, or divine punishment for snobbery. Everyone, that is, except Trevoh.To him, the swapped wine glass, the suspicious stain on a cravat, and the widow's dramatic wailing all point to one thing: murder most foul - or at least most fruity.Armed with his flamboyant scarf, a nose that can detect deceit (and Merlot), and his loyal but perpetually exasperated assistant, Corky, Trevoh plunges into a mystery overflowing with eccentric vineyard owners, jealous rivals, coded corks, secret societies, and an inspector who wishes Trevoh would just go away - preferably forever.