A Vineyard Business Plan – Where to Start
Something that we regularly talk through with our clients before they purchase a Bordeaux vineyard is careful consideration of a vineyard business plan. Not so easy early on when it ...
The Vineyards of Bordeaux at a Glance
When a vineyard investor is starting to consider a Bordeaux vineyard for sale, sometimes it is helpful to just get an overview of the market to provide context from which ...
Bordeaux Vineyards – is Frost Bad for Vineyards?
Is frost bad for vineyards. The short answer is – it depends on the time of year. Vineyard frost during the winter up to about March 15th at the latest ...
Bordeaux Vineyards – How to Prune: Part 2
Bordeaux vineyard legend holds that donkeys taught us how to prune. The story goes that a priest was visiting starving parishioners with supplies carried by his donkeys in early winter. ...
Bordeaux Vineyards – How to Prune: Part 1
Learning about pruning Bordeaux vineyards is an essential part of vineyard ownership. It is the moment in the annual vineyard cycle where an owner or vineyard manager can exert the ...
Bordeaux Vineyard news : CHATEAU BEAUREGARD BUYS CHATEAU PETIT-VILLAGE
We were interested to see the recent sale of the acclaimed Bordeaux vineyard: Chateau Petit Village in the tiny but highly prestigious appellation of Pomerol. Pomerol famously saw the sale ...
Bordeaux and Tuscany – The Vineyards Master’s Circle
A day with an Italian vineyard expert – Riccardo Romolini Perhaps surprisingly, the most common vineyard markets for our clients to request outside Bordeaux and Provence vineyards are not other ...
Chateau Figeac loses exclusive use of Figeac name
The Manoncourt family, owner of Château Figeac (with and estate of 40 hectares) sued their neighbour Richard Moreaud to prevent him from using the trademarks “Château Cormeil Figeac” and “Château ...
Vineyards-Bordeaux honoured in Master’s Circle Inauguration
Karin Maxwell and Michael Baynes were both individually awarded inaugural members of the Christie’s International Real Estate launch year (2019) for the Masters Circle. Their inauguration acknowledges their outstanding work ...
The Vineyard Sales Process – A Client Perspective
When I am looking for a product or service that is outside my core expertise there is nothing more helpful to me than a genuine testimonial given by someone that ...
The top 10 things often underestimated by Bordeaux Winery Investors
Over many years working with hundreds of investors seeking to purchase a Bordeaux winery we have come to see that there are a handful of topics that are often underestimated ...
Risks of Owning a Vineyard
The Weather and its effect on vineyards. It may sound like we are stating the obvious but the first thing to consider is that a Bordeaux winery is a farm, ...
