1. MORE True adventures of
Sherlock holmes
& Wine:
A Canonical
Decanting,
Part Deux

2. What wines are mentioned?
Sherry – Adventure of the Noble Bachelor, The ‘Gloria Scott’
Tokay – His Last Bow, Sign of the Four
Chianti – Sign of the Four
Montrachet – Adventure of the Veiled Lodger
Port – Sign of the Four, The ‘Gloria Scott’
Beaune – Sign of the Four
Champagne –Valley of Fear, Sign of the Four
Claret – Adventure of the Cardboard Box

4. What’s Champagne?
Only wine pro-duced in these co-lored areas, of only Pinot Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, and Pinot Meunière, of limited harvest of tons of grapes per acre, and vinified according to go-vernment rules and inspection may be called Champagne

5. All the grapes are from special vineyards
How sweet or dry
Producer
Alcohol content
Bottle Size

6. Oh Goody, we get to learn French!
Styles:
Doux – sweet, more than 50 grams/liter
Demi-Sec – less sweet, 32–50 gr/l
Sec – sweeter than Extra Dry, 17–32 gr/l
Extra Dry – slight sweet taste, 12–17 gr/l
Brut – dry, no sweet taste, less than 12 gr/l
Extra Brut – dry, 0 to 6 gr/l
Rosé – pink colored
Blanc de Blancs – only Chardonnay grapes
Blanc de Noirs – only Pinot Noir grapes

7. What! More French? Price Increase markings:
Vielles Vignes – prephylloxera vines
Premier Cru – all grapes must come from special growing areas considered to be better than average
Grand Cru – all grapes must come from apecial growing areas considered to be the absolute best
Cuvée – Bottling
[Vintage Date] – Extra because they can’t use all their grapes in this bottle, only the better ones

8. Buvons nous
Let’s Drink!

9. Wasn’t that fun!

11. the red and white Bordeaux wines
How to make sense of
the red and white Bordeaux wines
Believe everything the speaker says as gospel truth
Only four red grapes can be grown in all the red wine areas:
A. Cabernet Sauvignon
B. Merlot
C. Cabernet Franc
E. Petit Verdot
3. Only three white grapes can be grown in the white wine areas:
A. Sauvignon Blanc
B. Sémillion
C. Muscadelle

12. As with the other wine appellations of France, rules of harvest/acre, etc. apply
The main red wine areas:
A. Pauillac (Greater Quality)
B. Margaux (Greater Quality)
C. Graves/Pessac-Léognan (Greater Quality)
D. St-Émilion (Greater Quality)
E. Pomerol (Greater Quality)
F. St-Julien (Greater Quality)
G. St-Estèphe (Greater Quality)
H. Médoc
I. Bourg/Côtes de Bourg
J. Blaye/Côtes de Blaye
K. Moulis
The main white wine areas:
A. Sauternes/Barsac (Greater Quality)
B. Graves/Pessac-Léognan (Greater Quality)
C. Entre Deux Mers
D. Bourg/Côtes de Bourg
E. Blaye/Côtes de Blaye
F. Bergerac/Monbazillac

13. When do we drink some more wine?

14. Making the most money, oops, wine in Bordeaux

15. The fancy label, this sells for $1400/bottle

16. The second label, this sells for $140/bottle

17. The third label, this sells for $90/bottle

18. Their white wine, this sells for $140/bottle.
14 years ago it was $40/bottle

19. Well, this is great, so, what is claret?
Oh no! More French
Claret comes from the French word clairette:
Claire = light, e.g., claire de lune or moonlight, or
light as in weight, bulk, mass
The suffix –ette is diminuative, thus very light, less
bulky or massive, i.e.,
Thin or watery as applied to wine
What was clairette in 1154 when Henry II became de
facto Duke of Aquitaine (Bordeaux district small
part of that province)?
Wine shipped in barrels from different estates, but what was in the barrel?
Enter the courtier, … and

20. Remember, the French have been selling wine for 2600 years, along with water, air, and smells
Classifications, or how they get more money
A. 1855—77 original properties, six crus, 1 added 1856
B. 1933/2014—Cru Bourgeois, 444 properties, now 246
C. 1953/9—Graves, now Pessac-Léognan, 16 properties, 22 wines
D. 1955—St-Émilion, 75 properties, now 82
E. 1973—Château Mouton Rothschild, it’s good to be king
Futures, or they get your money for 2–3 years
The middlemen and wine labels
A. Courtier
B. Négociant
C. Marchand
D. Expéditeur
E. Importateur

21. Buvons nous
Let’s drink
The End
Applause
Throw money