I wanna be a billionaire so F.... bad...

[TheEngineer]

So I've seen many posts on if you were a billionaire, what wines,....etc,.... so don't worry, this is not one of them...

Also too many stories of how to make a small fortune on wine,...start with a large,..etc,... so again, not this one.

But I am a food porn type of guy and I do watch food network and travel channel (I wish I was with Anthony Bourdain in this italian travels....). I've been watching too many tv shows showing vineyard life. No I don't want to work in a vineyard either but I do want to own a vineyard...perhaps not. okay, I want to live near vineyards. Have access to them and be able to enjoy life as well.

Where did this all start? I can't believe it but I'm already starting to look for a "retirement/summer" home. I know that this is at least five years off but we need time to look at all these things. We've come down to a few places where we might be interested.

(1) South of France. Provence, near the coast from Marseille to Nice,... So you have all the great wines from Bandol, Aix, Cote du Liberon, etc,...

(2) Lake Como,...near Piedmont and all that is Barolo, Barbaresco, Barbera's Dolcetto's, refreshing moscato's, etc,. shopping in Milan, and all that FOOD!!!!! I can see a big piece of LARDO now!!!

(3) South Italy, along the coast perhaps Puglia, (close to many wines including Campania (Taurasi), Basilicata (like the wines of La Firma) and what can beat southern Italy for weather.

(4) Outside Barcelona: omg I love Barcelona. and then we'd have the wines of Catalunya and Priorat. and then like most Spanish...I'd wish to own a vineyard too...

I'm sure there are others but these four regions are on the top of our list right now. I think (1) and (2) are really pricey and (3) and (4) are a bit more approachable......oh oh oh...gotta go, house hunters international is on.....

So what would be your dream area to move to unless you live in that dream right now in which case I'm totally jealous!