Then you have a vast range of prices to choose from. Some examples of prices per hectare:
– Champagne: 627,000€ (the only region where prices are up this year)
– Alsace: 133,000€ (curiously second most expensive)
– Bordeaux: 56,000€ (which actually is under the national average. But variations are enormous, from Champagne levels down to almost nothing)
– Fronton: 10,000€ (Oh, you don’t know where it is? Exactly. It’s a small region near Toulouse in southern France that makes very nice wines from an unusual grape variety called Negrette. But which is not very good at marketing.)
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Not the greatest post here. My understanding is that there is so little for sale in Alsace and usually of poor quality…that, for example, name hot new wineries of the last five years from Alsace. Okay, name even one?!
Bordeaux? Which part of Bordeaux? How about St. Emilion? What are the prices of vineyard land there?
Now that seems very very cheap, but I guess as soon as the vineyard comes in just a “little” size or with the smallest house on it the price for the vineyard goes up guick! 1 000 000 USD dont buy you to much vineyard in France now days..
I’m working with professionals in France in selling vineyards. Quality vineyards with all the exploitation materials in place will defenitely be over 1,000,000 Euro. I have a website, still under construction, http://www.vineyardsandchateaux.com
Perhaps a clarification of what these kind of prices are. They usually come from official French statistics, collected by the government. So they represent an average of all transactions that have taken place over the year. In no way it takes into account the quality of the estate for sale. If you want to buy in a “classic” region you will have to pay a high price. But if you don’t care about appellations you can find some affordable land. Then, of course, buildings and equipment are additional. So, for example, if the vineyard is in the south and there is attached a nice house and a pool the price will be different… You might almost get the vines for free.