This photograph shows the Chateau Latour Laguens, which was one of the first wine estates in France's leading AOC vineyard, the Bordeaux winegrowing region, to be bought by a Chinese company in 2008, now to be sold by auction, in Saint-Martin-du-Puy, southwest France, on September 5, 2024. After more than a decade of Chinese investors buying up Bordeaux wine estates, multiple factors have led the owners to be seeking to sell their chateaux, whilst others, despite a the situation, are persisiting the venture for the 'love of wine'. (Photo by Philippe LOPEZ / AFP) (Photo by PHILIPPE LOPEZ/AFP via Getty Images)