Escaping from home. Joining a cult. Inheriting a vineyard. What may sound like fiction was the real life of a Japanese immigrant who became the largest winemaker in California.
It sounds like a pitch for a summer blockbuster. During the sunset of Shogunate Japan in 1865, 15 of the country’s most promising young scholars set off on a global adventure, breaking the law by leaving their country during a time when doing so was forbidden.
