The Savoie-Bugey vineyard lies entirely within Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, across four departments: Savoie for most of the crus, the Ain for Bugey and Cerdon, Haute-Savoie for the Léman crus and Isère for the reborn Grésivaudan slopes.
This regional page gives the overall markers — a narrow market, rising values, an exceptional local outlet — and links to the departmental analyses for cru details and listings.
The value hierarchy follows cru fame: Chignin-Bergeron and Arbin in Savoie, Cerdon in the Ain, Léman crus in Haute-Savoie. Everywhere, slope and fragmentation weigh on costs, and residential land pressure — Lake Annecy, Lake Geneva, the Alpine corridor — competes with wine use.
The vineyard's trump card remains its outlet: between Alpine tourism and growing conurbations, local demand structurally exceeds the wine supply — a context few French vineyards enjoy.
What are vines worth in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes? Published sales (DVF) measure the market in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, year by year:
Year | Sales | Average price (€/ha) | Median price (€/ha) |
2020* | 2 | 132,340 | 132,340 |
2021 | 9 | 66,507 | 50,153 |
2022 | 23 | 58,746 | 38,936 |
2023 | 14 | 59,125 | 52,954 |
2024 | 16 | 53,264 | 47,500 |
2025 | 12 | 67,599 | 57,216 |
Source: French DVF land registry, vine sales. *2020: second half only.
Between 2021 and 2025, the median price rose (+14%).
To extend the analysis beyond this area, see our observatory of vineyard prices in France.
See the Savoie, Ain, Haute-Savoie and Isère pages for local analysis, or explore the vineyard from its dedicated page.
See the Savoie-Bugey vineyard, Savoie, the Ain (Bugey), the Jura and the Rhône Valley.
