ChardonNOIR – Episode 6: The Ghost in the Bottle
The winery was quiet for the first time in days.
Beatrice and Rex were in custody. Marcus’s murder solved. The fraudulent wine operation exposed.
ChardonNOIR – Episode 5: The Last Pour
The wine had been trying to tell her something all along.
And she’d finally figured out what.
ChardonNOIR – Episode 4: Bitter Finish
The air was cool, thick with the smell of oak and fermentation. Rows of barrels stretched into shadow. She moved fast, checking lot numbers, vintage dates, anything that didn’t belong.
The Baroness moved. Here’s where to find me.
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ChardonNOIR – Episode 2: Sour Grapes
Detective Burns wanted to seal the crime scene. Claire wanted to taste the evidence.
“Step away from the barrel,” he said.
She didn’t.
ChardonNOIR – Episode 1: Death by Chardonnay
ChardonNOIR – Episode 1: Death by Chardonnay
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