Vineyards for sale in Napa and Sonoma Counties

Finding vineyards for sale in Napa and Sonoma Counties is what David Ashcraft does. David has been working with clients for more than two decades to help them find vineyards. Helping find vineyards in Napa and Sonoma Counties. Whether it is a buyer or seller, David has been able to focus on the most effective way to assess and promote vineyards for clients. Most of the time vineyards and vineyard and estates are listed on the standard Multiple Listing Service but often there are vineyards for sale that are only available behind the scenes. These quietly available vineyards are typically very high quality and often have their own branding / name recognition. In some cases these vineyards for sale have a value as high as $600,000 / acre in the Napa Valley. Top quality vineyards in the Sonoma County area have sold for as high as $225,000 / acre or more.  The Sonoma regions rises to challenge Napa.

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Take a moment to review our vineyards and learn more about David Ashcraft. If you have a vineyard for sale or would like to sell your vineyard David would enjoy the opportunity to discuss this with you. If you are looking for a vineyard for sale in Napa or Sonoma County David would like to help you find vineyard to fit your vision.

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Sonoma Real Estate: Vineyards, Vineyard Estates & Wineries

Finding Sonoma real estate is what David Ashcraft does. David Ashcraft lives and works  in Sonoma County.  For more than two decades through out Sonoma County to help people buy and sell real estate. Whether it be a ranch, bare land, a house, vineyard, a plush vineyard estate or a full blown winery David can help you with your real estate needs. The Sonoma market is unique in the multitude of micro-climates and reach from the warm inner valleys to the beautiful coast side towns. David Ashcraft is here to serve your real estate needs.

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Take a moment to review Sonoma inventory and learn more about David Ashcraft. If you would like to sell your  real estate David would enjoy the opportunity to discuss this with you. If you are looking for a vineyard for sale in Napa or Sonoma County David would like to help you find vineyard to fit your vision.  48 hours in Sonoma.

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Santa Rosa Real Estate: Vineyards, Vineyard Estates & Wineries

Located pretty much in the center of Sonoma County is Santa Rosa real estate. Santa Rosa is the big city in wine country with approximately 176,000 inhabitants within the city limits. This area has most of the creature comforts you would want including fine dining and big box department stores. If you need something you can likely find it here. That said, the Santa Rosa market covers a lot of ground… no pun intended.

Most people think of Santa Rosa as the downtown area but in fact the Santa Rosa market is quite vast ranging from the beautiful Bennett Valley area out to the north western rolling hills of the Russian River Appellation. There are numerous excellent vineyards, estates and wineries in Santa Rosa. Many treasures await those who are willing to look. Some find it surprising that there favorite wine grapes grow in the Santa Rosa real estate area. Don’t be fooled, beauty is abundance within the Santa Rosa influence.  22 Things you need to know about Santa Rosa.

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Take a moment to review Santa Rosa real estate and learn more about David Ashcraft. If you would like to sell your Santa Rosa property David would enjoy the opportunity to discuss this with you. If you are looking for Santa Rosa property David would like to help you find your dream property.

Be sure to check out these areas for more details and much more information about Napa and Sonoma Counties, and videos, educational articles (vineyards, wineries and real estate market), current wine country news and wine industry news, and wine country inventory.

Kenwood Real Estate: Vineyards, Vineyard Estates & Wineries

The Valley of the Moon captures Kenwood real estate as the Sonoma valley runs from the town of Sonoma to Santa Rosa. Filled with vineyards, rolling hills and mountains, Kenwood varies greatly even though the town is small. There are a few restaurants and a number of wineries / tasting rooms that dot the landscape but the charm looms large in this part of the valley. Kenwood real estate can range from an average ranch style home to a sprawling large glamorous vineyard estate. For most intents and purposes though, Kenwood is low key yet elegant. A real treat.  The history of Kenwood.

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Take a moment to review property for sale in Kenwood and learn more about David Ashcraft. If you would like to sell your Kenwood property David would enjoy the opportunity to discuss this with you. If you are looking for Kenwood real estate David would like to help you find your dream property.

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Healdsburg Real Estate: Vineyards, Vineyard Estates & Wineries

Healdsburg is an area that has come in to its own. It is safe to say that Healdsburg real estate has arrived. The last 15 years has seen an incredible transformation of this once quiet farming community. Healdsburg has transformed into one of, if not, the nicest towns in all of wine country. Fine dining, great boutique shopping, world class wines from surrounding wineries and vineyards makes Healdsburg real estate  is some of the most sought after and most expensive in Sonoma County. Three excellent grape growing regions come together in the Healdsburg: the Alexander Valley known for excellent quality Cabernet Sauvignon, The Russian River Appellation known for world class Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, and the Dry Creek Appellation known for excellent Zinfandel. All of this adds up to a very exciting times in Healdsburg.  Travelers Guide to Healdsburg.

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Take a moment to review Healdsburg inventory and learn more about David Ashcraft. If you  would like to sell your Healdsburg real estate David would enjoy the opportunity to discuss this with you. If you are looking for a place to call home in Healdsburg David would like to help you find your dream property.

Glen Ellen Real Estate: Vineyards, Vineyard Estates & Wineries

Located in the Valley of the Moon, Glen Ellen consists of a small quaint village. The famous author, Jack London, loved this area and dubbed it the Valley of The Moon because of its enchanting beauty. Glen Ellen is an area that contains raw land, rolling hills, large vineyard estates and quality wineries. The village of Glen Ellen has small boutique hotels and a a great market. If you’re out looking on your own it will be difficult to find Glen Ellen real estate because it is often located behind locked gates or down one lane roads. Glen Ellen real estate is beautiful.  Glen Ellen is named after both a vineyard and a woman.

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Take a moment to review properties for sale in Glen Ellen and learn more about David Ashcraft. If you would like to sell your Glen Ellen property David would enjoy the opportunity to discuss this with you. If you are looking for Glen Ellen property David would like to help you find your dream property.

Be sure to check out these areas for more details and much more information about Napa and Sonoma Counties, and videos, educational articles (vineyards, wineries and real estate market), current wine country news and wine industry news, and wine country inventory.

Cloverdale Real Estate: Vineyards, Vineyard Estates & Wineries

The very northern section of Sonoma County encompasses the Cloverdale. Cloverdale real estate consists of the downtown area that has numerous mom and pop shops and a large shopping center. The hills and valley of Cloverdale real estate market are lined with quality vineyards and some wineries. The Russian River runs through the valley floor providing recreation to the towns people and sustinence to the vineyards. The Cloverdale real estate market has single family homes and large vineyard estates. 8 ways to visit Cloverdale.

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Aside from downtown Cloverdale,  Alexander Valley AVA surrounds the town and up in the mountains the Pine Mountain Cloverdale Peak AVA.

Take a moment to review property for sale in Cloverdale and learn more about David Ashcraft. If you would like to sell your Cloverdale property David would enjoy the opportunity to disuss this with you. If you are looking for property in Cloverdale David would like to help you find your dream property.

Be sure to check out these areas for more details and much more information about Napa and Sonoma Counties, and videos, educational articles (vineyards, wineries and real estate market), current wine country news and wine industry news, and wine country inventory.

Giving Thanks, Fall 2008

Now that the harvest is complete, we’re tucking the vines in for a winters rest.  Time to maintain our equipment for another season and starting to reflect back over the year’s events.  A quick reminder that wine country is a beautiful place to live.  What a  year it has been.  Last spring had everyone running in circles.  Frost, rain, heat and cold all occurring within one month. Now, as the tail end of the growing season is coming to an end and we are fairly confident most folks are glad the hard part of the year is behind us. Looking forward it is time to celebrate the holiday season.  It is time to get little rest and relaxation thrown in for good measure. As always we take this time to give thanks and ponder what the next year has in store for us.

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Reflecting on the past growing season, fraught with many challenges, helps us put this season in perspective. By doing so we’re able to take the proverbial crystal ball out of storage, dust it off, and see what kind of projections we’re able to conjure up.

The Trend Is Your Friend, Or Is It?

One of the most certain trends we are going to see is the relationship between grower and winery.  The will go through yet another transition.  The phrase “How do you like me now?” comes to mind when envisioning a grower and a winery (grower relations) sitting at the negotiating table.  The grower is emboldened by the much known and publicized coming of what could be a massive shortage of wine grapes for the wine market, especially for premium grapes from Napa and Sonoma Counties.  Once again the tide is turning and there is a silver lining for the growers.  We feel that most all varietals will increase in price, even the Merlot market is starting to move in the right direction.  Our crystal ball says that the end of 2009 looks to be a much better year than 2008, for most farmers.  Even with the current economic crisis, we feel there will be price appreciation for most if not all varietals.  Of course the depth and longevity of the downturn will remain a wildcard.

While it appears that the “sky is falling”, and the hinges are definitely a little “loose” in the overall economy, our little niche of vineyard and winery sales continues to move along albeit at a more reserved pace.  Wine buyers will be more  conservative in their spending, reigning in sales, but our crystal ball rightly points out that no one will stop drinking wine.  Most consumers will move to lower price points and some may even buy less wine, but drink wine they will.  For the consumer there’s likely to be great values and bargains, and the beat goes on.  If we can collectively keep our heads and wits about us we will make it through this set back, as the great Bacchus might have once said “One bottle at a time”.

The French Are Coming!

Part of what makes this wild ride so interesting is the influx of money from abroad in the last year.  We have numerous clients from Europe, mostly French Winery owners that are looking for a special opportunity.  Some might call it an invasion but it is exciting to see that there is so much interest from across the pond.  In addition some might even call acceptance and even, dare we say, appreciation. C’est magnifique!

Did You Know?

Here’s an interesting side note…. after seeing the movie Bottle Shock which was loosely based on the tasting of Paris in 1976  (that really put Napa & Chateau Montelena Winery on the map by winning a blind tasting against numerous French wines) our curiosity  was stirred.  Where did the grapes come from that made the famous bottle of 1973 Chardonnay?  After a bit of detective work (think Inspector Clouseau) we had heard everything from the source being Estate Grapes, to blends from Napa and Sonoma as well as several far out ideas of where they came from.

An interesting clue but somewhat misleading is that the bottle is labeled “Napa-Alex”.  This is with regards to where the grapes came from. Still, there was no clear answer and it appeared that we were going to have to dig a little deeper to solve this mystery. So, as any good detective might do, I put a call into the source, Bo Barrett at Chateau Montelena, to get the real story.

Just a little bit of trivia to ponder.

The real story is that the grapes that won the number one chardonnay in the world, tasted by all French judges in the 1976 Paris tasting came from two vineyards.  One part from the Hanna Vineyards on Orchard Road, Napa.   Thee other part of the grapes came from Bacigalupi Vineyards in Alexander Valley. Chef d’ceuvre!

Sooooooooooooooo, one may say that Sonoma had a little to do with that Napa award as well.

You might be asking yourself, what took the French so long to come and buy out their American competitors? If asked, the response would likely have something to do with the value of the Euro vs. the Dollar.  Or, Napa and Sonoma are now beating them at every tasting event. Although somewhere in the message is the unquestionable quality of Napa and Sonoma wines.

Aside from the French, we are seeing buyers / investors from all over.  There has been interest from Russia, China, Viet Nam, Canada and even Central America.  Seems there is a world-wide thirst for our wine country.

Thanks!

Thanksgiving is just around the corner.  Between the intoxicating smell of fermentation in the air I can almost smell a  freshly baked pecan pie, roasted turkey, stuffing and mashed potatoes.  We live in one of the most blessed areas of the world.  So far, we haven’t been wiped out by tornados, hurricanes, floods or other natural disasters like many of our fellow countrymen during the past year.  It is a pleasure to wake up every morning and overlook our beautiful wine country. We also enjoy nearly perfect weather year round.  We have the greatest wineries and restaurants in the world at  our fingertips.  Last but certainly not least this has to be one of the greatest places to raise a family.  We are very grateful to be able to live in the Northern California Wine Country.

This time of year is a great time to reflect back on the years happenings, both good and bad.  As long as we have our health, and are happy with our lives, success is sure to follow.  We have met many new people in the last few years and learned about different cultures from around the world.  We’ve made new friends, built new relationships and found exciting new opportunities.  We also remember old, tried and true friends and business relationships that have allowed us to prosper in the wine country.  And don’t forget, wine country is a beautiful place to live.