v1.2.0 — Le Classement: The Bordeaux Ranks

Grand Cru: The Wine Maker — v1.2.0 Update

Hello, winemakers!

Bordeaux had a classification long before you arrived. Time to get your name on it.

Le Classement — the Bordeaux ranks (first release)

• A committee convenes every three winters — in years 3, 6, 9 and so on, it grades each of your brands on the wines bottled under that name over the past three years. Ranks never move between judgments.
• Four ranks — from Cru Bourgeois through Cru Classé and Premier Cru up to Grand Cru. Red or white, every wine competes on the same board, on score alone.
• The NPC estates are judged too — nine houses already hold their places when you start. Pulling Clos Valois off the top is your job.
• Existing saves join immediately — if you have three years of bottling history, loading your save runs the judgment you missed. No waiting: your place on the board is there.
• Unnamed wine is never judged — at bottling you can now ship without a name (bulk). The committee only reads wines that carry one.
• A new tab on the rankings screen — see the full board, the next judgment date, and reread the committee's letter of requirements any time.

The judgment ceremony (the unsealing, the roll call, the crest) and rank effects on prices arrive in the next update. Ranks earned now carry over.

Fixed

• Chef contracts vanishing at the upgrade offer — accepting or declining the long-term offer silently killed the contract, and the chef never returned. Affected saves are rescued: if the offer window reappears, accepting it now restores the long-term contract, and lost chefs visit again.
• World rankings frozen at one value — the server's anti-abuse check was blocking honest growth. Fixed server-side already; your board catches up on your next winter report, no update needed.
• No more random events in your first spring — the opening screen stays focused on your vineyard. Events start in summer.

Happy winemaking. The committee reads nothing but the dossier — make a wine worth putting your name on.

— hAi Corp