Cheriet, Foued

Crisis context and wine business transfer difficulties’ - 2026.


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In viticulture, the challenges of generational renewal linked to the installation-transmission processes of farms are part of an uncertain economic environment The approach is exploratory and based on a collection of quantitative and qualitative data from winegrowers and institutional actors in the RhĂ´ne Valley. The authors seek to better understand the conditions, motivations, and difficulties encountered by sellers and buyers in the transmission process of wine-growing farms. The sellers do not appear sufficiently prepared, and mention difficulties to identify a buyer or a transfer project that meets their expectations. Young farmers highlight difficulties which could lead some of them to stop their installation project. (JEL: Q13, Q15, R12).