Angela plots to discredit Chase, who is accused of pursuing the inquest for financial gain.

Chase asks the DA for a coroner's inquest into Jason's death.

Lance proposes to Melissa, who continues to see Cole; Mario and Vickie decide to live together.

Angela and her lawyer scheme to jeopardize Lance's inheritance and to block a coroner's inquest into Jason's death.

Lance decides to move to San Francisco; Julia learns the threat that Emma poses.

Angela's control of county water rights is threatened when a member of the Board of Supervisors is murdered.

A visit from Chase's estranged mother unnerves Angela.

Chase finds his father's writings; Lance's sudden romance threatens Angela's plans for an arranged marriage.

Chase and Maggie discover that their fieldworkers are being blackmailed.

Lance encourages Vickie to make her own life in San Francisco; Angela uses an old flame to keep one burning in Douglas.

Lance plots to double-cross a crooked wine distributor; Douglas pursues Angela at a wine competition in Rome.

Emma's lost love returns, threatening Angela with his knowledge of Jason's death; Maggie's possible pregnancy angers Vickie.

Chase is forced to depend on Lance to bring help to a seriously injured Cole; and Angela blames Victoria when Emma disappears.

Julia's estranged husband wants to reconcile; Angela tries to split the Giobertis by arranging a job interview for Maggie in San Francisco.

Lance tries to sabotage Chase's harvest; and Angela, disappointed in her grandson, decides to groom Cole to be her heir.

Angela and a rival vie for the rights to Chase's grape harvest.

Chase's friend romances Julia in an attempt to get a loan from Angela.

In the first episode of this serial drama about power, passion and money in California's wine industry, winery owner Angela Channing begrudges her nephew his birthright.