I get a lot of questions about the nuts and bolts of vineyard finance.  Honestly, I’m not really comfortable posting all our costs and returns on the web or even talking about them openly at wine tastings.  But I understand when people get curious.  I mean, somewhere in the back of their minds, they want to know just how much dough it takes to buy and operate a vineyard.

I found a really interesting breakdown over at the Tablas Creek blog where they discuss the math on buying a new property and trying to make it profitable.  SPOILER: the boat sinks.  But it’s interesting to hear a real winemaker talk shop on the nuts and bolts of dollar costs in the US.  I’ll try to add a couple differences with costs in France later on.  But for now, here’s the link to Haas’ article on vineyard finance.