The Torres are wine producers and the most powerful family in Vila Santa. The patriarch Fernando, born in the village, is known by all as a fair and benevolent man, quite different from the other heirs: his children and grandchildren.
Each of the Torres' heirs aspires to be Fernando's successor, but he trusts no one except his grandson Vasco, the only one who stays out of the family wars and who has been traveling the world. Now the patriarch feels he needs to prepare his succession and asks Vasco to come home. Caetana, Vasco's sister, is the one who feels most threatened and will do anything to get to power and keep her brother out of the way.