Charles Jousselin de Gruse, a French diplomat and the narrator of the story, one day while entertaining his ‘The Dutch’, ‘The German’ and ‘The English guests’, being an amusing raconteur, started narrating the story of a young man named Pierre who while in Madagascar, fell for a girl named Faniry. Within five months, they got married and started living happily. After a happy life of three years in Madagascar, Pierre got a telegram informing him about the death of his parents and brother. He returned to France and settled there to look after his ancestral wine yard. Being jealous of all the females working for Pierre, with many accusations against him, Faniry began to quarrel with him and a wide gap was created between them. One Friday evening, Faniry, heavily drunk, entered the winery and flung her arms around Pierre’s neck but he didn’t show any love. In the heat of anger and desire, she attacked him with a knife. Somehow, escaping from her, he pushed her off. Accidently, a screw of the press caught at her hair and dragged her in. Pierre didn’t pay any heed to the screams of Faniry. When he made sure that the game was over, he switched the current off. “Faniry’s blood had mixed in the wine.” He told everyone that she had left for Madagascar. The wine of Pierre got award after award and it was declared to be the best vintage. Now the guests interpreted that they were drinking that damned woman in their cups. The host, clearing the doubt, told them that ‘Everyone knows that the best vintage should come first.’