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What's there to tell...? That the master of these lands, Monsieur de Bourbeau, is the greatest buffoon in all Toussaint? |  | |
| - Innkeep at The Barrel and Bung Inn, Blood and Wine expansion | |||
Jean-Christophe de Bourbeau was the owner of the Tufo vineyard. He was married to Andrée de Bourbeau and expected those of lower social status to refer to him with deference.
Biography[]
Jean-Christophe ran the Tufo vineyard. Several years before 1275, his vineyard suffered from tremors that caused the buildings to shake—one even collapsed. He put out a contract for anyone to investigate. Eventually, the witcher Junod of Belhaven accepted the contract, but he was never seen or heard from again.
Then in 1275, the vineyard once again began suffering from tremors, and now people were also going missing, the latest being Jean-Luc. Jean-Christophe put out a contract again, this time offering it to any knight who could find and slay whatever was causing the tremors.
If Geralt accepted the contract: The witcher Geralt came to the vineyard to accept the contract. Upon meeting, Jean-Christophe insisted Geralt show him proper deference and address him as 'sir' or, preferably, 'monsieur de Bourbeau'. Geralt asked several questions about the noises and the missing people. Later, Jean-Christophe went to inspect the wine cellar with his wife and saw Geralt emerge from a newly formed hole in the wall. Initially angry at the damage, he calmed down after Geralt explained he had destroyed some Kikimore eggs in the tunnels and rewarded him. Jean-Christophe was later seen overseeing workers as they patched up the wall. After Geralt returned, having slain the monster, he paid the witcher his full reward.
- If Geralt revealed Andrée's affair: Geralt also revealed to Jean-Christophe that his wife had been having an affair with Jean-Luc. Jean-Christophe rewarded the witcher for this information and then told his wife she had one hour to pack her belongings and leave.[1]
Despite their initial meeting, Jean-Christophe and Geralt developed a friendship. He visited the witcher's estate of Corvo Bianco with gifts of wine. On one such visit, he and Geralt discussed wine and what it takes to make a good vintage over food and drink. Jean-Christophe then asked Geralt to handle some monsters ravaging his vineyard; in return, he gifted the witcher twenty bottles of his wine. Some days later, he visited Geralt again while Corvo Bianco was being repaired from fire damage. He tried Geralt's latest batch of wine and congratulated him, saying it was far above average. Noticing that, despite his improved wine, Geralt was sad, Jean-Christophe asked why. When Geralt said that maybe his wine needed sadness, Jean-Christophe proposed they drink to sadness. After explaining why only wine truly matters in the end, he asked Geralt what he would name his wine.[2]
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- ↑ Blood and Wine expansion
- ↑ Corvo Bianco