Liquid asset flows: French wine, foreign crime

The vineyards of southern France are internationally renowned for the quality of their product and, in recent years, for operating losses that have made some owners keen to sell – both important to the criminal with aspirations to fine living and money to invest, who will also value a lack of risk awareness among local real estate agents. Pacifica Goddard in Bayonne compares tasting notes with Iana Dreyer, in Paris.