Wine business in France
Fact of common knowledge that France – the leader in production and export of wines and the last decade the interest of domestic entrepreneurs in wine business of this country increases from year to year. The Russian judges of the glorified wines reasonably see the prospect in acquisition of vineyards and production of wine. Our work experience with such clients shows that at each of them the ideas of these prospects.
Some of those to whom we helped to make successful purchase, dreamed to devote themselves to this business completely. They understood that the French of knowledge of all subtleties of this business absorb since small years, it is an integral part of their culture and therefore thoroughly studied all questions of this sphere. They are ready to work seriously, is frequent even most to work in vineyards. Such clients independently cope with questions of business development, develop and perform a marketing plan, adjust the system of sales, etc. Their main goal is the Own House where their relatives and friends are glad to arrive to enjoy hospitality of the hospitable owner who with pride will offer them self-produced fragrant wine.
Also to us always is what to offer for clients who intend to purchase the mansion or even the small lock with a vineyard with the purpose to enjoy picturesque open spaces in a complete privacy. The esthetic value of the estate, than income acquisition from vineyards is important for them. Most often they intend to give work on cultivation of grapes and production of wine to hands of the knowing professionals and are ready to pay work of the employed personnel.
Actually, as our successful practice selling vinodelny business shows, acquisition of a vineyard can become multimillion business with own name and large-scale production.
Ours to clients are as the "newbies" in vinodelny business performed enthusiasm and vigorously realizing plans for achievement of success in this sphere and the entrepreneurs who are already owning experience of ownership of such enterprise who intend to expand the business. Experienced wine makers usually give preference to purchase of already adjusted business from the registered and proved trademark.
We can help you to become an owner of both several hundred parts, and extensive territories of fine vineyards. Also our company will offer you the choice from the small private house to the restored mansion which is of historical value.
The price of a vineyard is defined by a number of criteria:
- Benefits of territorial location of the region
- specifics and popularity of geographical location
- quality and structure of soils
- features of climatic conditions
- slopes (height, a corner) on which vineyards or their absence are located
- proximity to the city, highways, industrial productions
- state and age of a rod
- Availability of the production and material resources transferred to you to ownership
- water resources
- infrastructure (capacities and cellars)
- additional necessary equipment (tractor, economic buildings, equipment for distribution of fertilizers and spraying)
Of course, acquisition of a vineyard this successful capital investment since land values grow every year. Also, the real estate on the wine-making site can represent economic value. You can purchase the ancient building with the site, restore it and sell several times more expensively.
For comfortable adaptation you can choose the region inhabited by foreigners and your compatriots that communication was a lung. Though if to be respectful to local traditions, be sure, the French will be ready to you friendly.
Buying a vineyard, you need the help of experienced specialists who will be able to estimate production and subject to purchase by a set of criteria that will help you to make a successful choice. Production examination, its certification, providing necessary working conditions, studying of questions of taxation, a miscalculation of the necessary and available resources, the choice of grades of grapes, etc. will be necessary for you.
The terms helping to understand variety of French wines:
Terroir is a complex of the soil and climatic properties affecting taste and quality of concrete wine.
Appellasyon is the certain area of wine production having unique geographical conditions and strictly regulated production technology taking a grapes grade, productivity, a method of receiving juice, endurance and other factors in attention)
Shatto – wine-making economy.
Classification.
The abbreviation of category and the complete name of wine is surely applied on the label.
AOC (Appellation d’Origine Controlee) is control of origin and compliance to rules of a concrete appellasyon. Before purchase the buyer has the right to taste such wine. Marking of "Cru" means that wine comes from territories with the highest productivity and is an indicator of the highest quality.
VDQS (Vin Delimite de Qualite Superieure) – requirements to production of these wines are a little lower, but producers all the same observe the highest standards.
VdP (Vin de Pays) – it wine is produced by small rural wineries, but its quality can be also classified as wine of the highest category. Only the grapes grade, its productivity and also wine fortress is regulated.
VdT (Vin de Table) is usual table wine, the camp of Europe can be made from raw materials of others. The quality is controlled only by laboratory control.
Wine-making regions of France.
Bordeaux – one of the oldest regions though here not every year the nature provides favorable conditions for cultivation of grapes. Is located on the Atlantic coast, gets under influence of a temperate climate. Bordeaux is recognized around the world as reference producer of red wines. Here are engaged in production small shato which owners descend the trade secrets. Such grades are most popular here: Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbek and Cabernet Franc.
The territory of Bordeaux is divided into several appellasyon: Sotern, Madoc, Seong – Emilyon and Grav.
Burgundy is the about 100 appellasyon occupying the territory in 200 km in east part of France. The most popular regions: Shalonne, Chablis, From – Kot and Kot. On the most part of the territory of Burgundy grapes of a grade Aligota and Chardonnay are grown up. Here the changeable climate reigns that saturates the wine produced in this region with a rich palette of flavoring shades.
Champagne is the region of production of the well-known pink and white sparkling wines which production technology assumes double fermentation. Is located in the southern part of France and borders on Luxembourg and Belgium. Mainly use grades of white Chardonnay, red Pino Meunier and Pino Nuar.
Alsace – the territory in North – east part of France. Adjoins to Switzerland and Germany. Vineyards are located on slopes of mountains that is prirodno protection against gusty wind and regulates an amount of precipitation. Alsace generally produces white wines of grades: Gevyurtstraminer, Riesling and Pino Blanc.
Loire Valley – it is called by the name of Loire River which 300 km of the valley borrow. The climate of local territories is replaced from continental to sea. The grades which are most extended here: Shenen, Cabernet Franc, Sauvignon, Grollo and Game. Loire Valley is a hilly region which east slopes are used for cultivation of a vyinograd.
Specific feature of local wines – a small period of storage, therefore they are drunk young people. Vineyards of Loire proizvodya huge variety of wines: white, pink, red, moist, dry, sweet and some sparkling.
Rhône Valley is the southern part of France, it is subdivided into the southern and northern parts since have various climate and soils. Local wine makers are masters of production of the dry white and red wines produced from such grades of grapes as Uni Blanc, Karinyan, Sira and Marsan. Rhône Valley is most known for the region Shatonef – du – Fathers.
Provence - one of the oldest regions of production of pink and red wines. It is subject to soft climate. Bandol is most known for the region. Favourite grades of Provence: Sauvignon, Semilyon, Kleret, Burbulan, Cabernet Sauvignon, Grenash, Sira and Murvedr.
Hugo – the West is several wine-making regions of the administrative District of Aquitaine. Is a producer red and white dry wines of different quality categories.
Yura - the region of production of the unique straw and yellow wines having specific taste which is made from grades of Pino Nuar grapes and Chardonnay. This small region adjoins to Switzerland.
Beaujolais – rather small region near Lyon, subject to a frigid continental climate. Produces young wine with a small period of storage only from one grade of Game grapes.
Languedoc is the extensive territory of innovators and experimenters in production of wine.
Corsica is the limited territory of a vinoproizvodstvo generally for requirements of domestic market.
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