HOW MUCH DOES A HECTACRE OF VINEYARD COST IN BORDEAUX? UP TO 2.5 MILLION DOLLARS. SOUTH AFRICA IS MORE AFFORDABLE AT 600.000 AND IN CALIFORNIA, 588.000. “KNIGHT FRANK” QUOTATIONS OF VINEYARDS IN THE WORLD

Italian wine, as we have often said, attracts foreign capital. Entrepreneurs and investment groups from all corners of the globe have purchased prestigious Italian wineries. Investments are moving on the wine planet that is increasingly expanding its borders. So, "Knight Frank" (www.knightfrank.com / en), a giant in real estate the world over with 110 years of experience, compiled a trading list of quotations of the most famous vineyards in the world, the "Global Index Vineyard 2013". The absolute top, needless to say, is Bordeaux, France, where prices per hectare however, see the widest gap - from 20.500 US dollars for the less valuable areas to 2.5 million US dollars for the most important ones, despite a slight decrease (4.2%) in prices compared to the first six months of 2013. Also in France, the Loire Valley, ranging from 100.000 to 400.000 US dollars per hectare (2% less).

In Italy, it is primarily the Chianti Classico area in Tuscany, where a hectare is listed between 100.000 and 150.000 US dollars and Brunello di Montalcino, where prices rise to 300.000 and 500.000 dollars. But according to the report, the most attractive area is Barolo, where prices start at 200.000 dollars and reach even 1.2 million per hectare. Quotations are significantly lower in Spain: in the Ribera del Duero, for example, they range from 40.000 to 50.000 dollars, more or less like the Somontano area at the foot of the Pyrenees. In Moselle, in Germany, the range is from 65.000 to 100.000 US dollars. There is a new area for wine investment, which is the southeast of England, where they have begun producing sparkling wine, and where a hectare is listed between 25.000 and 35.000 dollars.

Across the Atlantic, top prices are the vineyards in Napa Valley, ranging from 135.000 to 588.000 US dollars per hectare, greatly distancing the vineyards in the area of Mendoza, Argentina, at 30.000 to 100.000 dollars, or those of the Colchagua Valley in Chile, ranging from 30.000 to 70.000 US dollars.
In South Africa, in the region of the Western Cape, you can find vineyards at 4.000US dollars per hectare, but the most prized reach up to 600.000. Vineyards of the Barossa Valley in Australia range Between 30.000 and 80.000 dollars per hectare, while prices in Hawkes Bay, New Zealand are from 130.000 to 170.000 US dollars. It is Interesting to see what regions have the largest number of foreign investors: at the head of this special classification, Bordeaux and the Loire Valley in France are at the top, then Chianti in Italy, and Mendoza in Argentina, that are divided between 60% home investors, and 40% "foreigners".