Viticulture Essential Edition: The Wine-Making Game

Inherit a domain, cultivate excellence.

In Viticulture, you inherit a rustic vineyard in Italy. With a few plots, an old cellar, and three workers, your mission is to transform this modest operation into a world-renowned estate. You will need to plant grapevines, harvest grapes, age your wines (red, white, rosé, or sparkling), and fulfill customer orders.

The concept? A worker placement game that follows the rhythm of the seasons. In spring, you determine the turn order. In summer, you plant and build. In autumn, you welcome visitors. In winter, you harvest and produce.

Why Viticulture is a choice vintage game:

• Brilliant Seasonal Mechanic: The separation of actions between summer and winter forces rigorous planning. If you send all your workers to labor in the summer, you'll have no one left to make wine in the winter!

• The Art of Aging: Unlike other resource games, here time works for you. Each passing year increases the value and quality of your bottled wines in the cellar.

• Visitors (The Spice of the Game): Visitor cards add variety and powerful bonuses. They represent those unexpected encounters that can boost your production or slow down your competitors.

• A Complete "Essential" Edition: This version includes elements selected by the famous author Uwe Rosenberg, offering a perfect balance right out of the box.

Why choose Viticulture from La Botte Secrète?

• The Ultimate "Appetizer Board" Game: At La Botte Secrète, we recommend it for a friendly evening. It's a demanding game, but its theme is so relaxing that it pairs perfectly with a good time among friends.

• Remarkable Solo Mode: Thanks to the "Automa" system, you can manage your estate alone against a very efficient virtual opponent.

• Quality Material: The small wooden tokens (meeples) representing the estate structures (trellises, mills, cellars) make the board very lively and immersive.

Technical Specifications:

• Number of players: 1 to 6 players.

• Age: 12-14 years and up.

• Game duration: 60 to 90 minutes.

• Game type: Worker placement, Resource management, Strategy.