8 Essential Steps to the Winemakers’ Season: Part 2
In Part 1, our young guest writer Jack Maltus gave us a summary of the story a winemaker follows from selecting the grapes up to the first fermentation. In this, ...
8 Essential Steps to the Winemakers’ Season: Part 1
This week we have the pleasure of having a guest writer from Chateau Teyssier the renowned Saint Emilion Grand Cru and home of Bordeaux super-brands such as the 100 point ...
Hail storms in Bordeaux vineyards – reducing the risk with technology
Writing in the (London) Times this weekend journalist Adam Sage reports on the new technologies that the vineyard owners of Bordeaux are starting to employ to address climate change and ...
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 ...
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, ...
Things to know before buying a Bordeaux vineyard
The Bordeaux vineyard community – first steps If you are just starting the journey of seeking to understand what it might take to join the Bordeaux wine making community it ...
