The story of "New Wine" spotlights the youthful days of Franz Schubert, when his wonderful music had not yet attracted the plaudits of the world. It pictures the days when the young composer was forced to flee to Austria and there meets Anna, a beautiful girl who is in charge of a ranch belonging to a giddy countess. Anna falls in love with Franz and realizes that his work has the stamp of immortality. How they return to Vienna and seek out the great Beethoven for help and how their stirring romance comes to a strange finish provides "New Wine" with all the ingredients of a thrilling motion picture.