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I can't get out of the wine cellar.
1 of 18: You're going to need to find an exit other than the one that brought you here.
2 of 18: Look carefully around the room, and listen to the comments that Holmes makes.
3 of 18: At the far side of the room from where you entered, look carefully at the stone wall.
4 of 18: It seems as though there is the faint outline of a doorway here.
5 of 18: There is probably some mechanism that will allow this doorway to open.
6 of 18: And it most certainly is here in the Wine Cellar.
7 of 18: Explore the wine storage rack closest to (and immediately to the right of) the outline on the stone wall.
8 of 18: Pick up the bottles that you find there.
9 of 18: Listen to Holmes' comment that the bottom seems to be made to fit circular objects.
10 of 18: What circular objects might fit there?
11 of 18: The room is filled with "circular objects" -- called bottles.
12 of 18: Try placing some of the bottles you have collected onto the empty shelf.