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When sickly Nicholas Wehrle Rutherford is sent to live with his grandfather in the winemaking community of Middle Bass Island, his grandfather, an aloof and gruff winemaker, resents the arrival of his estranged grandson. Old Man Wehrle still holds a grudge against Nicholas's parents for marrying against his wishes. Nicholas finds himself alone and miserable in the island, taunted by the other children because he is different. But things begin to change when Nicholas meets the spunky Aria Lonz of the neighboring Lonz Vineyards.