Plot Summary:In 1931, Elizabeth Rambeau comes from England to live in California with her aunt and uncle of a winemaking dynasty, who are still wealthy despite 12 years of Prohibition. Object: marriage to the heir of another vineyard, to further consolidate holdings in the Valley. But John Rambeau, Elizabeth's illegitimate cousin, has other ideas about who she should marry, and sharply opposes patriarch Philippe's refusal to sell wine grapes to bootleggers. John's activities bring violence to the valley, and soap opera to the Rambeau family...
"This Earth Is Mine"的拍摄地即是今日的Rubicon Estate卢比肯酒庄,其间还有酒园工人在里面客串了一把路人甲。准确来说,较《杯酒人生》而言,该片来说要更注重了葡萄酒在里面的戏份。这部美国禁酒令颁布后所拍摄的道格拉斯·塞克式风格的情景剧,未曾通过录像带或DVD发行,但可在市面上买到盗版碟,某些电视台的电影频道也偶有播出。 影片中,近70来岁的克劳德.雷恩斯饰演一位纳帕谷里一个家族的大家长,他一直坚持着每年都酿出优质葡萄酒,尽管那时公开售酒是犯法的。他的孙子哈德森,野心勃勃而且冷酷无情,他深信:如果他们把葡萄酒走私到芝加哥去卖的话,他们家和邻居们能赚到更多钱。