Grand Cru: The Wine Maker
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| In-game event | v1.0.1 — Blending Fix: Merlot-Led 60:40 Now Works Grand Cru: The Wine Maker — v1.0.1 Hotfix Bonjour, winemakers! Two of you reported the same thing within a day of launch, and you were both right. Blending was broken in a way that quietly blocked the heart of the 1.0 story. Here is the fix. Bug Fixes · Blending forced the entire primary lot — A blend always poured in every bottle of the primary wine and only trimmed the partner. That meant a 6… | — | |
| Major update | Grand Cru v1.0 — Full Release: The Vintage Comes Home Grand Cru: The Wine Maker v1.0 — Full Release Bonjour, winemakers! Today, Grand Cru leaves Early Access. This is the story we set out to finish: inherit a struggling vineyard, survive the debt your father left behind, understand the wine he could never forget, and decide what his legacy becomes in your hands. v1.0 brings that journey to its conclusion. The Father's Legacy — Complete · A Four-Ye… | 24629049 | |
| Game update | v0.10.1 — Market Visitors & Clearer Deals Grand Cru: The Wine Maker — v0.10.1 Update Bonjour, winemakers! A point update that brings your market to life — and clears up one of the sneakiest traps in the deal room. New — Market Visitors · A Face at the Stall — Some seasons a stranger now turns up at your market: a wine student, a travelling chef, a foreign importer, and — rarely — a collector whose name you already know. Each visit is a… | — | |
| In-game event | v0.10.0 — See the Why Behind Every Price & Deal Grand Cru: The Wine Maker — v0.10.0 Update Bonjour, winemakers! For too long the château kept its secrets. A buyer walked away and you never knew why. A bottle sold for a fortune — or a pittance — and the number just appeared. This update pulls back the curtain: v0.10.0 is all about seeing the why behind your economy. Gameplay · Price Causality Panel — Every wine now reveals the full chain behi… | 24354350 | |
| Game update | v0.9.2 — Tasting Room Visual Polish Grand Cru: The Wine Maker — v0.9.2 Update Bonjour, winemakers! A small patch with one purpose: making your Tasting Room feel handcrafted, not computer-drawn. Visual Polish · Finished Edges — Tables, shelves, frames and the fireplace now catch candlelight along softly rounded edges, like real joinery. · Deeper Shadows — New ambient shading settles the furniture into the room: shelves sit snug in… | — | |
| Game update | v0.9.1 — Tasting Room Upkeep & Economy Fixes Grand Cru: The Wine Maker — v0.9.1 Update Bonjour, winemakers! A focused patch that deepens the Tasting Room economy and smooths a few rough edges. Gameplay & Balance · Tasting Room Upkeep — Each Tasting Room tier now carries a quarterly upkeep cost, tuned across a 50-year simulation. Prestige has a price to maintain. · Total Cost of Ownership — Tier cards and the purchase confirmation now show… | — | |
| Major update | v0.9.0 — 3D Tasting Room + Reputation Ladder Grand Cru: The Wine Maker — v0.9.0 Update Bonjour, winemakers! This is our biggest visual update yet — and the last big step before 1.0. Pour a glass and come have a look. Gameplay · 3D Tasting Room — A brand-new, fully 3D room you can visit right from the sidebar. Candlelight, oak barrels, a wine rack along the wall, and a tasting table set with glasses and a decanter. The space grows richer a… | 24275456 | |
| Major update | v0.8.0 — The Season of Auctions Grand Cru: The Wine Maker — v0.8.0 "The Season of Auctions" Bonjour, winemakers! Making great wine has always been the heart of Grand Cru. This update is about what comes after the bottle — the season your wine sells, the room where auctions are held, and the reputation that decides who is invited to bid. v0.8.0 opens a whole new season of auctions, and reweaves the economy beneath it. New Feat… | 24130443 | |
| In-game event | v0.7.0 — Manage More, Sell Smoother Grand Cru: The Wine Maker — v0.7.0 Update Bonjour, winemakers! As your estate grows, it should still feel like yours — not a chore list. This update keeps a bigger winery in hand: tend whole sections at once, let the cellar remember your craft, and never get blocked mid-sale again. Gameplay · Section Field Care — Prune, manage the canopy, and treat for pests across an entire commune in a single… | 24014642 | |
| Sale | 🍷 Steam Summer Sale — Grand Cru is 20% Off Grand Cru: The Wine Maker — 20% Off for the Steam Summer Sale Bonjour, winemakers! For the Steam Summer Sale, Grand Cru is 20% off from June 25 to July 9 . If a friend has been lingering at the château gates — now is the moment to step inside. What awaits you · Inherit a Bordeaux estate — Take over your father's vineyard and turn it into a name people remember. · From soil to bottle — Plant, ha… | — | |
| Game update | v0.6.2 — Competition & Negotiation Fixes Grand Cru: The Wine Maker — v0.6.2 Bonjour, winemakers! A few fixes straight from your reports — merci for the detailed feedback. A little polish, especially for those of you crafting serious reds. Bug Fixes · Aged reds now compete in the annual awards — Fixed a bug where well-aged red wines could be shut out of the red/white competition. Eligibility is now judged by a wine's release (bottling)… | — | |
| Game update | v0.6.1 — Save Loading Fix Grand Cru: The Wine Maker — v0.6.1 Bonjour, winemakers! A small but important fix for those of you nurturing a château across many years. Bug Fixes · Long-playthrough saves now load reliably — Fixed an issue where very large save files (from long games) could fail to load, even though they had saved correctly. Your long-running estates are safe — pour a glass and carry on. Santé! 🍷 | — | |
| Major update | v0.6.0 — Award Ceremony Reimagined + Custom Labels Grand Cru: The Wine Maker — v0.6.0 Update Bonjour, winemakers! This update is about feeling the moment. Two years of patience go into a single bottle — so the milestones that matter should finally feel like they matter. Gameplay · The Award Ceremony, as a Visual Novel — The annual awards are no longer a silent results screen. You receive an invitation, you choose to attend, and you live the eve… | 23874623 | |
| Game update | v0.5.2 — Save & Marketplace Fixes Grand Cru: The Wine Maker — v0.5.2 Update Bonjour, winemakers! A quick hotfix for two issues you reported — thank you. Bug Fixes · Save Reliability — Fixed save slots failing to save (especially the 5th slot and beyond) and only some slots being overwritable. Your games now write to disk properly and reliably. · Marketplace Re-negotiation — You can now re-negotiate for free with buyers you've a… | 23858261 | |
| Game update | v0.5.1 — Every Wine Now Scores Fairly Grand Cru: The Wine Maker — v0.5.1 Update Bonjour, winemakers! A small but meaningful update today. While testing, we discovered a hidden bug that was quietly costing every wine the credit it deserved — so we corrected it. Here's what changed. Bug Fixes · Every Wine Now Scores Fairly — A flaw in the soil-and-grape matching calculation was costing every wine roughly 3 critic points. That's now f… | 23798077 | |
| Game update | v0.5.0 — Your Own Brand Grand Cru: The Wine Maker — v0.5.0 Update Bonjour, winemakers! Welcome to v0.5.0, "Your Own Brand." This update is about one thing — giving your wines an identity. Until now, bottling a wine left you with numbers and scores. Now it's different. Pick a label frame, add an emblem, choose a font — and suddenly it's not just "Pomerol Merlot 2026." It's your Château. A personal note: after a great d… | 23702639 | |
| Game update | v0.4.1 — We Listened. We Polished. Grand Cru: The Wine Maker — v0.4.1 Update Bonjour, winemakers! No critical bug this time — just a thank-you. I read every piece of feedback you left, and this patch is my answer. Small changes, but you'll feel the difference. Gameplay · Wholesale Balance — Guaranteed buyer visits from Networking Lv2. Two dry seasons in a row? Next one is guaranteed. · Chain Negotiation — Sell different wines to… | 22500458 | |
| Major update | v0.4.0 — We're Sorry. We Fixed the Harvest Bug and Rebuilt the Game Around It. Grand Cru: The Wine Maker -- v0.4.0 Update Bonjour, winemakers! Harvested But Stuck? -- Not Anymore. Have you ever harvested your grapes, started winemaking, and then... couldn't advance the season? The game told you there were still unharvested plots when there clearly weren't? That wasn't your mistake -- it was ours. Starting winemaking was resetting the harvested flag on your plots. You pick… | — | |
| Game update | v0.3.2 — Your Blend Wasn't Wrong. We Were. Grand Cru: The Wine Maker — v0.3.2 Update Bonjour, winemakers! Your Blend Wasn't Wrong — We Were. If you ever blended two great wines and got a disappointing score... it wasn't your winemaking. It was our code. The winemaker's skill bonus (oak calibration & MLF fine-tuning) was silently dropped during blending. Your careful oak aging, your precise malolactic decisions — none of it carried over… | 22411118 | |
| Game update | v0.3.1 — Winter Brewing Fix + New Fonts + Readability Grand Cru: The Wine Maker — v0.3.1 Update Bonjour, winemakers! A quality-of-life patch with a critical brewing fix and a typography refresh. Gameplay · Winter Brewing Fixed — Grapes left unbrewed in fall now appear in the winery during winter (at 50% yield). Previously they were invisible and couldn't be brewed. · Unbrew Warning — A confirmation dialog now warns you before ending fall with unbr… | 22381060 | |
| Major update | v0.3.0 — Complete UI Redesign + Blind Tasting Expanded + 3 More Language Grand Cru: The Wine Maker — v0.3.0 Update Bonjour, winemakers! Welcome to v0.3.0 — a sweeping visual overhaul that transforms every screen into the world of Bordeaux. Complete UI Redesign — Feel the Terroir We replaced the web-app aesthetic with an immersive, handcrafted game world inspired by the French wine country. · Gazette — French broadsheet newspaper. Parchment texture, serif typography,… | 22376245 | |
| Game update | v0.2.0 — Quality Over Quantity: Premium Wine Finally Pays Off v0.2.0 — Quality Over Quantity Hey winemakers! First of all — thank you. 40 of you bought the game in the first 24 hours, from 9 different countries. Your feedback is already shaping the game. This patch is a direct response to what you've told us. The Big Change: Premium Wine Now Pays Off One of my first reviewers nailed it: "cheap mass-produced wine beats everything." They were right. I've co… | 22350930 | |
| News | 🍷 Grand Cru: The Winemaker is Now in Early Access 🍷 Grand Cru: The Winemaker is Now in Early Access Your winery awaits — and we're just getting started. We're live. Thank you for being here from Day 1. Early Access means you're part of the journey, and your feedback will directly shape everything that comes next. --- 📅 WEEKLY UPDATES At least one update per week during Early Access. Bug fixes, balance tweaks, and quality-of-life improvements… | — | |
| Community | Early Access Launch Update We owe you an apology. We announced March 12 as our Early Access launch date, and we weren't able to make it. Our macOS and Windows build is currently in Steam's review queue, and we're expecting approval within the next 2-3 days. This isn't a development delay — the game is ready, and we're just waiting for the green light. While you wait, here's a glimpse of the story that awaits you in Grand… | — | |
| Announcement | Grand Cru — Early Access Launch March 12 🍷 Grand Cru enters Early Access on March 12, 2026. Inherit a small vineyard in Bordeaux. Grow grapes through the seasons, craft and age your wines, negotiate with 25 unique buyers — from Michelin-starred chefs to international importers — and compete against rival winemakers to build your reputation over 20+ years. This Week's Highlights · 50+ story events with branching choices that ripple ac… | — |
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