 In 1931, Elizabeth Rambeau comes from England to live in California with her aunt and uncle of a winemaking dynasty, who are still wealthy despite 12 years of Prohibition. Object: marriage to the heir of another vineyard, to further consolidate holdings in the Valley. But John Rambeau, Elizabeth s illegitimate cousin, has other ideas about who she should marry, and sharply opposes patriarch Philippe s refusal to sell wine grapes to bootleggers. John s activities bring violence to the valley, and soap opera to the Rambeau family...