According to an article I just saw, but could not get past the paywall, Savannah Chanel has been sold to a cemetery. As I recall the winery was originally called Congress Springs. The winery is down the street so to speak from Domaine Eden. I am sure there is some kind of theological joke in there somewhere.
Welcome Janine. I think we will get along just fine. I will feed you lines and you can deliver the punch.
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It’s ok.
This story reminds meow what the late Justin Meyer–who founded and sold Franciscan and Silver oak–used to say, that there was no money in selling wine but lots in selling wineries.
I was thinking they could just plant the bodies between the vines and that way the wines would have more body.
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I take it this is a cumulative thing?
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Now I’m coming up with wine names.
Epitaph Cabernet Sauvignon
Pearly Gates Sauvignon Blanc
Eternal Rest Riesling
River Styx Zinfandel
Gravedigger Grenache
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Sinfandel
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Al Czervik: “ Country clubs and cemeteries are the biggest wasters of prime real estate!”
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It’s dead serious
From terroir we are born, to terroir we return.
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Small Casket Cabernet
Resurrection Riesling
Nine Lives Rhone Blend
Immortal Madeira
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Mausoleum Mourvèdre
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That’s a reversal of roles.
Cemetery buys survival school.
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The standard metrics for both types of real estate are similar.
I learned when I was a paralegal for a REIT that a basic measure for cemeteries is “plantings” per acre per month. Not so different from vines per acre.
And both require attention to keep weeds from taking over.
It’s basically a sure thing that every wine will go through a dead phase.
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Dust to Dust Cellars
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Shoulda made even more long-lived wines:
Forever Franc
Millennium Merlot
Perpetual Pinot
Permanent Pinot
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Purgatory Pinot
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Had too many of those over the years.
Casket strength wines
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