Putting A Value On A Vineyard

I’m very sorry about your vine loss. I do agree with Dr. Lockwood that you will probably lose the vines that were knocked down. You might want to really work closely with your insurance company because they might compensate you on different metrics, like replacement cost, market value or just on the current year’s crop. If it’s replacement value then your calculation is pretty straightforward: What is the labor estimate to install, and the price per vine from a nursery? Don’t forget to add in any vineyard hardscaping that may have been damaged such as trellising or drip irrigation. You can check with your local nursery, again, to get price estimates. When my vineyards had a frost event (i.e. got “burned” by freezing temperatures) two years ago we were compensated based only the loss of that current year’s crop. We estimated typical yields and multiplied them by the district’s average pricing for that year after the California Grape Crush Report came out. In your case, make sure that your insurance company will really compensate you for the time and work