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class="content__text" What's it actually like to run a vineyard? 🍇⁠ ⁠ You may have had this fantasy: quit your job in the big city, move to Napa or Greece, buy a straw hat and make wine. Sales of wine-estate properties have, in fact, been rising across southern Europe for years. But the reality is, owning a vineyard is stressful, volatile and financially precarious, and the FT's Marianna Giusti (@mauipippi ) warns us to avoid it at all costs. Mari's family runs a vineyard in Tuscany, Italy. As the oldest child, she is first in line to inherit it. But she doesn’t want it! ⁠ ⁠ This week, she joins @Lilahrap on FT Weekend podcast to discuss the highs and lows of vineyard life, and explain how hard it is to make really good wine. Link in bio to listen 🎧⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ Photo credit: Maria Clotilde Orlandini; Roby Battistelli⁠ ⁠ Image Description: the vineyard on a sunny day; the author as a teenager with a friend on the vineyard⁠

June 30, 2023