The war stole Roza Meszaros’s dreams of becoming a ballerina. But the penniless Hungarian countess’s fate takes a hopeful turn when she meets an American soldier named Joe, who promises to marry her. After two years of waiting, Roza finally arrives in Minnesota and discovers Joe has married someone else. Determined to stay in America, Roza turns to popular newspaper editor to help her find a suitable husband. Sharing Roza’s story and her picture, the editor makes a special plea to his military readers. The response is overwhelming, nearly 1,800 World War II veterans bombard the paper’s offices, “a world-record” for marriage proposals. Like a 1948 version of "The Bachelorette," Roza ultimately chooses Finn Erickson. She and her new husband settle into Minnesota. But when Roza unexpectedly runs into her former fiancé, things quickly become complicated.

1942. Seven-year-old Martine hides in an armoire when the Nazis come to take her father away. Pinned to her dress is a note with her aunt’s address in Paris, and in her arms is a bottle of wine she has been instructed to look after if something happened to her papa. But when Martine arrives in the city, her aunt is nowhere to be found. 1990. Charlotte, a commercial airline pilot, attends an auction with her boyfriend, Henri, at Hotel Drouot, now the oldest auction house in Paris. Successfully bidding on a box of wine saved from the German occupation during the Second World War, Henri gives Charlotte a seemingly inferior bottle he finds inside the box. Cleaning the label, Charlotte makes a shocking discovery that sends her on a quest to find the origins of this unusual --- and very valuable --- bottle of wine.