Late one summer evening, Wilberforce—young, rich, work-obsessed, and self-contained—makes an unexpected detour on the way home from work and unwittingly takes the first step on a journey that will change his life. His uncharacteristically impulsive act leads him to the home of Francis Black, an eccentric and enigmatic wine merchant. Wine and hospitality flow freely in Francis Black's cellar, and Wilberforce finds himself drawn into a life he never could have imagined. Infatuated by his newfound taste for fine wines, his new friends, and the woman whom he will eventually marry, he believes he has finally found happiness. But Wilberforce will learn that the cellar holds some unpalatable secrets and that passion comes at a price. Chronicling the vintage years of Wilberforce's life, Bordeaux is a haunting story of obsession and addiction, loyalty and betrayal.