The purchase of shares in a wine company (GAEC, EARL, SCEV, etc.) is a very interesting way of carrying out a project to set up in winegrowing. It allows you to reduce the purchase price, reduce the level of risk, better organise your working time and avoid isolation in the countryside. Concerning the cost of taking over a vineyard: The purchase of an agricultural vineyard requires significant financial capital and banks are rarely willing to finance 100% of the cost of a takeover. By buying shares in a wine company, you are only taking over a part of its overall value. Furthermore, the purchase of shares allows you to isolate the purchase of the production tool from the purchase of the vines and a house, which weigh heavily on your financial capacity when setting up. Setting up on a wine estate always represents a financial risk, whether it is linked to production, climatic hazards, the economic situation or simply linked to the skills of the winegrower. By becoming a partner in a wine estate, you are entering a business that already has a history and historical partners. The risk will therefore be reduced, which reduces the pressure on the winegrower and is a strong element of reassurance for the bank. The volume of work is one of the major disadvantages of winegrowing. Working hours are very variable, weekends are rare and holidays are limited. As a partner in a wine company, you share the overall workload with several people. It is therefore easier to manage work peaks and organise rest periods for everyone. Another difficulty in the life of a winegrower can be geographical isolation, which can lead to social isolation. Working with others can break this isolation and the exchange between partners will be a factor of permanent improvement of one's work. Today there are many wine companies in which one or more partners wish to retire (retirement, new project, etc.). The remaining partners do not always wish to take over the shares of the retiring partners and compensate for the reduction in the workforce, which represents a double burden. The entry of a new partner allows the company to be maintained and to bring a new dynamism to the farm. The transfer of shares in wine-producing companies is therefore an economical and modern way of setting up and meets the need for generational renewal in wine-growing. On www.ma-propriete-viticole.fr you will find wine estates for sale and shares in wine companies for sale.
