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French Winery Tests The Market With Huge List Price

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The French wine world is buzzing with the news of the listing of Chateau de Malle in Sauternes for an incredible 68 million euros. Decanter reports that the chateau appeared anonymously in the Financial Times last Saturday. The listing, by estate agency Maxwell Storrie Baynes, does not name the property and says that it "will furnish complete details upon the customary signing of confidentiality agreements." But the magic words "praised by the wine press including critics such as Robert Parker" helped wine watchers narrow it down. Decanter quotes an agent in the area who was apparently gobsmacked by the price calling it "completely crazy" taking into account the fact that aspiring winemakers often want properties in the marquee territories like St Emilion, Pomerol and cru classe Medoc rather than Sauternes.

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Saturna Island Vineyards, Estate of the Day

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There are some properties that just stick with me. This is one of them. I first wrote about the Saturna Island Winery back in 2006. The property is a vineyard on one of Vancouver's scenic Gulf Islands. The 78-acre estate has a mature 62 acre vineyard, 10,000 sq.ft winery, wine shop, tasting room, and a licensed bistro. This unique winery can only be reached by boat or float plane. The winery grows Pinot Noir, Gewurztraminer, Chardonnay, Pinot Gris and more on four separate vineyards. Although it is a young winery, they have already received many Canadian wine awards. Back in 2006, the property was listed at $6.5 million Canadian.

Fast forward to now and Saturna Island is back on the market. The name and brand, "Saturna Island Family Estate Winery," the equipment, furnishings and fixtures used in the operation of the vineyard and winery as well as the vineyard machinery and equipment with bottled and bulk wine inventory are included with in the sale. The winery can process up to 20,000 cases of wine per year. The property is also zoned to build a Vineyard Inn for overnight stays. The main home is on two acres and has four bedrooms. There is also a guest cottage and an infinity edge pool and hot tub which look out over the ocean. It is now listed at $15 million.

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Villa Poggio Torselli, Estate of the Day

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Now as far as I know Angelina and Brad aren't rumored to buy this Italian villa and winery, but if they are in the market for a European villa and winery as has been reported before, Villa Poggio Torselli should be on their list. This property in the area of the San Casciano Hills near Florence has it all: beauty, expanse and quite the pedigree, it has been the property of some of the most famous patrician families in Tuscany including Macchiavelli, Corsini, Strozzi and Orlandini,who owned the villa until 1722. No wonder this is a national monument. The landscape is planted with olive groves, vineyards and cypresses. The estate is also a functioning agricultural business producing several types of wine, olive oil and honey.

The villa itself features frescoed decorations of the seasons echoing the gifts of the seasons shown in the elaborate ornamental gardens surrounding the villa. It's one of the more expensive properties we have seen but I'd take this over some of the more monumental homes in the States any day. It is listed at $86,846,000 by the Katzen Group. After the jump, your most extravagant Tuscan fantasy come to life.

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