Maybe you’ve spent a sunny afternoon in wine country and wondered … what would it take to plant my own vineyard? Well, wonder no more because researchers at the University of California, Davis, have itemized the expenses from rootstock to disease prevention to harvest crews. So how much does it cost? The short answer...
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The bargains just keep piling up in wine country real estate. As you know, the Mondavi mansion recently sold for a sum that was undisclosed but was less than the asking price of $13.9, which itself was almost half off the original sticker price of $25 million. And now, Villa Montana, home of NFL...
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So now we know who the mystery buyers of the Robert Mondavi mansion are _ Jean-Charles Boisset, president of the French company Boisset Family Estates, which owns several California wineries, and his wife, Gina Gallo, granddaughter of California wine pioneer Julio Gallo. Call me sentimental but I like the idea of all that dynastic...
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Psst, looking for a hot deal in Napa real estate? I’ve got a good one for you, half off. OK, the minimum bid is $13.9 million. But, still. The property in question is the mountain top retreat of the late wine pioneer Robert Mondavi and his wife, Margrit. The original asking price was $25...
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Want to buy a Napa vineyard? Better get ready to crack open that money box. A new report from the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers found an acre of prime Napa Valley vineyard went for $225,000 to $300,000 last year.That compares to $125,000 for prime land in Sonoma County and $38,000...
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