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...“In Israel, anything newly built has to take account of existing landmarks,” says Aby Rosen, co-founder and principal of RFR Holding LLC, which was responsible for converting a 19th-century French hospital...
...He indulged his love of New Zealand by creating three resorts and owning a boutique vineyard there. He also tried to keep work in perspective....
...Colony claims it has been a value-added investor and a good citizen in France, where it controlled the Paris Saint-Germain football team before selling it to the Qataris, and Château Lascombes, a French vineyard...
...MACSF is just one of several insurance groups to invest in vineyards. Axa, the French insurer, owns several top Bordeaux vineyards....
...“We are looking for more vineyards; we could easily sell 20 per cent more than we produce,” he says....
...Mr Obama, who is on vacation in Martha’s Vineyard, has also spoken with billionaire investor Warren Buffett and Ford executive Alan Mulally to discuss economic issues....
...You get out your smartphone, take a picture of the label and are instantly taken to a website with information about the vineyard and the grape variety, as well as a link to an e-commerce site where you...
...As a lawyer, he specialised in land and property, which would serve him well when he gave it all up to be a vintner and set about buying existing vineyards or vine-plantable land throughout California....
...Almost all the money was raised before Lehman Brothers collapsed last year, when many investors stopped signing new cheques, according to GI, which has invested in pubs and caravan parks in the UK and vineyards...
...He keeps bees, loves architecture and once quit his career in investment banking to buy and rebuild a vineyard in France....
...With 289 hectares of vineyards, as well as several prestigious chateaux, Taittinger produces 45 per cent of the grapes it needs and has the capacity to grow strongly by buying from independent growers....
...Unlike many rivals, Taittinger owns most of its vineyards, which command a scarcity value....
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