Proprietary Red is a dystopian novel where events emerge in New York City in a present-day time, a newspaperman is gearing up for a radical change as he reads Lenin and prepares for a revolution to overthrow the current government regime. He is ultimately behind the ReVolt movement and its demonstrations on Wall Street. In another time, a different thirty-year-old man becomes bewildered by a fifteen-year-old girl during a hunting trip. The story flashes forward when the same man becomes a Napa winemaker and pays a tribute to her by naming his proprietary red wine with her name. Once ReVolt movement completes it's undertaking, what would the new government purpose be and how far would this new world be apart from the world today? The resolve and perseverance of the characters would be tested as they execute on their plans. As they discover their connection to their past, present and each other, they go through inner struggles with themselves, their beliefs and a woman in between. Proprietary Red takes the reader through political, economical and philosophical quests that make you wonder. The novel provides exuberant detail about viniculture and winemaking that explodes on the pages. Does wine like blood stain your soul and is the Red the color of change?