What land costs in California sparkling

The dearest land here is Carneros: $100,000–$250,000 an acre (2025).

1. Carneros
   $100,000–$250,000an acre · 2025

   Cool, foggy land at the top of San Francisco Bay, prized for sparkling wine and Pinot Noir rather than Cabernet.

If the vineyard were sold and the money put in the bank, this is what it would earn each year, spread over the bottles the land produces. It is the biggest line in the cost of a famous wine.

• California traditional-method sparkling$1–$4 of $13–$44

The bar is the land’s share of the whole cost of making the bottle, at the high end of each estimate.

The regionCalifornia sparklingBubbles made the Champagne way, on the cool California coast.About the region

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