FOR BUSINESS , FOR Buen Retiro OR BOTH THINGS THAT’S WHERE THE WINE LOVER FOREIGN INVEST

Whether for business or simply to make a withdrawal buen dream , or perhaps both together , the fact is that , in recent years, have increased the wine estates more or less large, more or less prestigious ended up in the hands of investors foreigners: different realities, with business activities already underway and renowned brand , or simply historic properties and valuable , immersed in the vineyards and maybe with a small winery to produce wine ” for himself and for his friends .” Last chance, and perhaps one of the most egregious , that Vignamaggio , Chianti Classico, built by the Gherardini family , the family of the “Mona Lisa” , around 1300, purchased by a group of South African businessmen .
The list could be very long , with many capital of individual entrepreneurs , investment funds or roped to the U.S., England , Russia, Germany , China, Belgium, Panama , Hong Kong, France and other countries yet , they have done shopping over the years, in the areas most prestigious Italian wine, leading to Vinitaly in Verona April 6 to 9 (www.vinitaly.com ) .
But what to look for , in reality, those who invest in estates and vineyards ? Are more important , for example, the size of the vineyard and its prestige , the wine brand , company history , real estate or facilities that are part of it ?
” First, it must be said that the interest of foreign buyers to the luxury real estate in Italy in recent years – explains Andrea Polo, director of communications Immobiliare.it Group , the biggest reality of the real estate market in Italy – has grown important . At this also contributed to external factors ; primarily the heavy taxation that hit this particular niche market , causing an increase in supply and a consequent reduction in prices. Since 2009 the percentage of foreigners, the total number of buyers of luxury real estate in Italy has grown by almost 24 %, reaching now represent well over 11 % of the total . By focusing on real estate investments in foreign prestigious Italian wine regions , a first distinction must be made between buyers to spend in those areas a kind of holiday and who, instead , decides to change his life or make it start a new phase by launching activity in Italy economic . The former are , however, large property , but not gigantic , and if they decide to do the ” growers ” , prefer deals that include land with vineyards (or olive ) already underway ; the fact that the ground is promiscuous main to the property is not deemed essential to a request . ”
” Those who choose to change their lives for our country , and maybe invest the savings of its liquidation – adds Polo – orients itself so much on small businesses already underway as of fine houses that can be turned into reality agritourism . In this case the sizes required are obviously more spacious and also the clientele towards which will be oriented mainly foreign . The soils become important here , but once again you do not need to be promiscuous to the main body of the building. It is the willingness ( and ability) to economic investment that determines the choice towards a vineyard already active substance or to be planted or maybe convert . ”
As for the favorite areas , Polo emphasizes , “it is evident that the nationality of the push towards a precise region . The British, and it is certainly not a surprise, were among the first to do this kind of investment and their preferred area is Tuscany , Chianti with clearly at the forefront. But the subjects of Queen Elizabeth are discovering different areas and have begun to invest in other regions , starting from the nearby Umbria. The Germans , always lovers of Northern Italy, especially in the area of the lakes and Valpolicella, have shown a growing interest for the Salento , in recent years , it has grown by 23% of real estate searches by buyers not resident in Italy , while the French people prefer the wine areas of eastern Liguria . Of all the areas related to Italian wines , however, a place of honor in the Conero Marche . Last three years, the research of luxury properties in this area have increased by over 30 %. ”
If this is the general picture , however, between the most popular , firmly in the lead , remains Tuscany , explains Alexander Pescini , private advisor Santandrea Luxury Houses , specialized division of the group Gabetti . ” There are those who want to buy as an investment professional , and who for” toy ” , but in general the trend is to try to put things together . In short , a sort of retreat where there is already an activity ( or assumptions to put it up as business property already divided into several apartments ) , linked not only to the production of wine, but also receptivity to wine or , in able to support themselves economically . Who buys search facilities with the typical architecture of the territories. With possibly already renovated properties , although it is not nullifying . For sale is a bit ‘ of everything, actually smaller and larger , more or less noble , let’s say that for those who have liquidity is an excellent time to do good business. In Tuscany , in particular, should be recorded a strong interest in the area of Bolgheri, unthinkable a few years ago, and the Maremma. Another important wine region , and strong demand in recent times, then , is Puglia, in particular the area of Salento . “