Ruined by the Rival Vintner

Nine acres of old vines. One dry well. One shell company, traced in an afternoon. Rosa Villalobos walks into Caleb Baird's tasting room, pours his own cabernet back in the glass, and tells him what she thinks of men who buy land with paper instead of hands. He offers her a job. She takes it, because the money buys the well. One season later, she knows his rootstock better than his own crew. One season later, he finds out the bid on her parcel was never his idea — and kills it before he's sure it will hold. What's left between them is a dry well, a hard harvest, and a barrel neither of them can blend alone.