Troubles in Muscadet Land

originally posted by Jay Miller:
Thanks, but I'd guess this is unlikely to affecting the growers we know and love? At least I hope not.
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I agree. The flip side may be... Is any of the land which might be sold due to bankruptcy worth purchasing by the upper echelon "usual suspects" favored by most here? That might be a silver lining, the rehabilitation of mismanaged quality vineyards.
 
Anybody have a vineyard map of Muscadet? We can check out who has neighboring holdings.

No?

Someone said in another thread that the French are so very, very good at maps.
 
originally posted by Marc Hanes:
originally posted by Jay Miller:
Thanks, but I'd guess this is unlikely to affecting the growers we know and love? At least I hope not.
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I agree. The flip side may be... Is any of the land which might be sold due to bankruptcy worth purchasing by the upper echelon "usual suspects" favored by most here? That might be a silver lining, the rehabilitation of mismanaged quality vineyards.
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maybe it's time for a disorderly investment club...
 
Good vineyards at cheap prices have been available in Muscadet for some time.

The problem is that unlike other areas, there are no Mexicans, and you need the staff, equipment and market to make and sell the wines.

Vine growing is farming and though the people going out of business were not making good wines, their is a sad human toll to this crisis.

Furthermore, it will deflate the price of Muscadet, which is already too low.
 
originally posted by Joe Dressner:
Good vineyards at cheap prices have been available in Muscadet for some time.

The problem is that unlike other areas, there are no Mexicans, and you need the staff, equipment and market to make and sell the wines.

Vine growing is farming and though the people going out of business were not making good wines, their is a sad human toll to this crisis.

Furthermore, it will deflate the price of Muscadet, which is already too low.
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In these parlous economic times, have the price supports of the French gov't declined, or are these sad events just part of the greater crisis facing French vignerons for the last decade?

Mark Lipton
 
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