Vineyards
Neuchâtel
- 22 Hectares on the west side of the lake Neuchâtel.
- Modern Villa with 700 m2 living space and amazing lake view.
- High growth potential regarding international distribution.
Eastern Switzerland
- 15 hectares predominantly facing south.
- Manor house first mentioned in 1492.
- Frequently visited by hikers.
Los Angeles
- 90 Acres, located 35 miles from the city.
- Largest estate in Los Angeles county with 3’500 wineclub members.
- Virtual Tour: Link.
Argentina
- Established in 2002, 65 Hectares and 95 Parker points.
- The vinery started with Malbec and Cabernet Sauvignon and expanded later to Chardonnay.
- The team includes a General Manager, a Terroir Specialist, an agricultural engineer and an enologist.
DOMUS-WINE Concept
You have a desire – we got the solution.
If you have a dream of an own winery with and excellent and famous brand, we can find and develop the right property for you. Through our large network in the wine business worldwide we search, analyse and coordinate the full due diligence and the transaction process of a property.
What are the main factors to acquire a profitable winery?
- It’s a safe and long-term investment opportunity into property and brand development
- It offers the owner a growing revenue by accelerating the sales
- The owner profits by the growing value of the winery and its brand
- It offers a wonderful and perfect location for private holiday, business events and customer relation activities
The 6 steps to your own winery:
- We settle a directory of the search profile of the winery, where location, size, quality level, stylistic, ownership, status quo, valuation is listed.
- We contact and settle all sales propositions with the ownership.
- We prepare a complete buying offer with a complete and detailed buying documentation.
- We execute the due diligence and setup all needed contracts.
- We manage the terms and condition negotiations.
- Coordination of the entire closing to complete payment processing.
Project planning / Project implementation / Brand concept & design / Winery Management
Following to the successful execution Amphora Wineries offers a full service of the:
- Detailed planning of the Winery and Production conception
- Implementation of the planed project
- Winery Management daily bases: Leadership, administration, production, marketing & sales
- MARCOM: Marketing and Distribution Management
Business Model
Focus on identification of underdeveloped wineries with a high potential to produce most exclusive award winning wines (Sleeping Beauties) through established network of partners
Focus on improving entire wine making process to achieve premium wine by yield reduction, manual grape selection and focus on “right” terroir; selection of best barrel brands for ripening process
Definition and implementation of market strategy including definition of relevant customer segments, brand development, route-to-market by leveraging deep market knowhow and a powerful world-wide distribution network.
Focus on geographically and product related diversified portfolio to ensure economies of scale and strengthen relationship and increase relevance with channel partners
Business Model
Investment Criteria
Focus on undervalued wineries, i.e. great terroir, autochthone grape yards, infrastructure with expansion/improvement potential, succession planning, underdeveloped oenological expertise and deficits in market positioning
Focus on Italy, Spain, Portugal and France; opportunistically Argentina
Focus on undervalued wineries, i.e. great terroir, autochthone grape yards, infrastructure with expansion/improvement potential, succession planning, underdeveloped oenological expertise and deficits in market positioning
Focus on large and established quality wine importers in Switzerland, Germany, UK, USA, Canada Japan, Korea and Nordics
>20 ha -100 ha
€5M-15M per wine estate
Majority investments only
Business Model
Key Activities
Definition of themes
Scouting
Due Diligence
Feasibility Studies
Planning & Budgeting
Secure Financing
Process Design
Infrastructure and Organization
Production Consulting
Quality Checks
Coaching
Branding / Labelling
Marketing Planning
Marketing Instruments
Distribution & Sales
Team
Systematic sourcing approach leveraging more than 50 years experience
Martin Wiederkehr
CEO & Founding Partner
DANIEL CARO
Founding Partner
Hendrik Budliger
Founding Partner
• international network to family offices and private equity funds
• lic.oec.HSG, financial advisor IAF and innovation manager