Eric Savage loves making wine. Life seems perfect until a body turns up in a Washington vineyard and signs point to murder. Things becomes personal for Eric while on vacation in Hawaii, with love interest Special Agent Ashley Hunter of the FBI, when 54 barrels of his best wine go missing. Helped by his friend, Sheriff Scott Thompson, Eric discovers his wine is in a shipping container bound for Shanghai. Eric makes a rash decision and travels to China to investigate the murder and the theft. With help from Scott and Ashley back home, Eric hires a quirky private investigator and scours Shanghai and mainland China in a search for his wine. Suspense builds as Eric soon gets in over his head and finally discovers why his unknown wine was so important to the thieves.