On a warm August night, like the banks of the Rhône River have seen many times, a young couple of winemakers is celebrating their wedding. While they dance on the Signargues side, their most beautiful vineyard is being secretly harvested. This theft of Grenache grapes doesn't sit well with Hippolyte Lapaque, who is determined to quickly catch the culprits. If he only knew what awaits him! Caught in a strange mix-up between Avignon, Saint-Pantaléon-les-Vignes, and Rochefort-du-Gard, Lapaque might very well risk his life.
Who is Hippolyte Lapaque? A man with an exceptional nose and palate. A former convict turned wine expert journalist, a bit cantankerous, an incurable romantic, reckless, unbearable, improbable, inconsolable, a bit of everything.