In the beautiful Chianti hills of Tuscany, Contessa Caterina di Lorenzano, heiress of a 600 year old wine estate, schemes to make a wine that will rival Bordeaux. Wills clash and tempers flare during the turmoil of the 1960s, as peasant radical Rico Rucai, in love with Caterina, tries to convert the village of Lorenzano into a Marxist collective. Enter his rival, brash American Hank Green, and fanatical Nicoletta Ardeni, a member of the Red Brigade. Pitted against them all is the sinister and powerful Marchese di Rinaldi, who seduces Caterina's pious sister, Francesca, and orders his...