How to Build the Perfect Vineyard in Cities Skylines 2! | SB 3

[@CityPlannerPlays]

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[@josephp9141]

Where can I find your graphic settings for the game?

[@izzatsufian2796]

Hello, your channel is amazing to watch and I was happy to watch your city for 2 years, keep the city going❤

[@mushwoom]

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[@lesterpl8903]

what are your pc specs? your game looks smooth at high quality

[@TheRealEtaoinShrdlu]

​@@lesterpl8903This early in a playthrough you can get this performance with a midrange PC from about 2021. More RAM would help.

[@BardPaladin]

Just a suggestion, you could add a fire watchtower in one of the lower areas of the vineyard and treat it like a tourist attraction. In the history of vineyards, watchtowers were very important so that farmers could keep an eye on their fields for reasons like this. If there were a bit of a history museum type of service provided, an actual watchtower that people could go up in and look over the vineyard would be quite the attraction!

[@zionosphere]

My thoughts exactly. Tourism in the story plus functionality for the win.

[@thebearded_guardian3671]

Fast forward 3 years and the release their first wine, named Fireball Myrlot

[@richardvandertulip4061]

Aged in barrels made from the remains of the original trees from the property!

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Myself and Biffa Junior could hear the pain in your voice when the fire broke out 😅

[@senorjakenbaken]

Hi Biffa!

[@robertfarmer1602]

And even when he kept trying to ignore it and talking about building a basic grid... you could still hear the panic tension in his voice... he tried to ignore it but he just couldn't. Poor guy

[@VaingloriousGaming]

Yup, this is definitely in the Verde Beach universe. 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@Varatho]

Looks like the vineyards could use a firewatch tower. Fortunately, recently released packs have a few new options for that, which is technically vanilla!

[@CityPlannerPlays]

Indeed! We're getting a disaster response building next by replacing our fire department!

[@JackDaloots]

There's a GOOD REASON large Vineyards have their own fire fighting equipment.

[@LtexprsGaming]

Im soo glad Myrtle and her fires are back. Seeing you slowly lose your mind after The Great Segunda Vineyard Blaze of 2025 makes me think you need to invest in fire services to keep Myrtle at bay.

[@lukemendel8197]

Like a fire watch tower

[@a_paris3082]

First of all, great video, as always. Second of all, I think it would be really cool if in the future, when the downtown is being densified, it will be illegal to obstruct the hotel’s ocean view, since it’s kind of a “historical landmark” (similarly to London, for example)

[@DJarr216]

Clearly the french were upset with you using UK assets for the vineyard so they torched the place.

[@__tadpole__8195]

Those rolling hills of vineyard look incredible

[@sirgreggorygroda]

Rolling hills or rolling fires?

[@__tadpole__8195]

The vineyard immediately burning as soon as you look away is peak cities skylines.

[@Hubbubb22-citiesskylines]

@11:40 -- if having neat and straight rows is a must, got can lay down a pedestrian path, plant along it, and then delete it when you finish. Closest to a line tool you can get in vanilla. @14:50 -- if you want your vineyard to generate revenue and to create some variation in the colors of the fields, you can drop a forestry industry building or two in different spots. @16:20 -- you could delete lines of bushes around the fire to prevent continued spreading.

[@Beany-Wil]

Myrtle's Revenge playing as the fires start, perfect! ❤ Idea for a little addition, a vineyard of this scale will have lots of machines and tools and needs storage, now theres just the 3 fancy buildings. Perhaps some building can be zoned on a path there to make it look like a machine shed/warehouse? That would also bring the occasional truck to the area, making it look like the grapes get picked up. P.s., if you need help with that carpal tunnel after all that planting, i know a guy 😅

[@BaterFPV]

One of the worst feelings in the world is the feeling you get when you miss an opportunity. I am feeling that right this second as I swipe away the notification that graced it's way onto my screen, shining bright in this time of darkness, that CPP has an update to the Segunda Beach Playlist knowing full well that I cannot, in good graces, watch that video as I try to work. The temptation is looming heavily over my head and the anticipation for this afternoons bubble bath and build video sit thick in my mind.

[@andrewkosmowski3985]

This vintage is known for its smoky hints on the palate!

[@senorjakenbaken]

We appreciate your commitment to developing arthritis in the name of keeping it Vanilla and not using a line tool o7

[@kstich0602]

Good hillside vineyard land is _very_ expensive. I'd suggest a few changes to make the vineyard more realistic. 1) The road snaking along the side of the hill just to hook up isn't quite realistic, they'd get off the hill and snake through flatter land to get better yields of higher quality grapes. 2) The trees at the top eat a lot to protect a view. Alternatively, the owners would place the actual winemaking facilities on that side of the building, keeping all customer facing components not looking at the view. Removing the trees gives more usable hillside land, and more good grapes. 3) An individual wine plat (a "clos" in French parlance) will be either parallel or perpendicular to the sun's path through the sky. The vines would be planted to maximize density while maintaining that to improve quality of grapes while maintaining yields.

[@somazx2023]

Yes @CityPlannerPlays should manually re-plant all those bushes and watch em all burn again.🔥😅

[@JonZiegler6]

I'd also add the bushes used are too green, wine bushes are much more sticky and leafy. Also, the vineyard doesn't need to be on such steep hills...a lot of the vineyards around St Emillion are kinda hilly, but not super hilly...

[@nilhock2072]

Hey CPP I work at a vineyard, which cultivates ungrafted ancient vines. Our lines aren‘t perfect either, because we use an old tradional technique, where the vineyards dont get replanted, they get buried (new plants then sprout) so that the genetics of these plants is preserved. So don‘t worty about the lines! They are just using our tradional method to do an even more special vine! 11:45

[@lukemendel8197]

Add a fire watch tower to the vineyard. The Myrtles know their history with fires.

[@pongtormnakornsri4840]

Ohh my Buddha! As I see Segunda Beach grow I can imagine myself moving into town and working at the Wineyard Hotel as it’s 2nd culinary chef cooking and preparing the fresh meals and purchasing all its ingredients from the local farms below. In the future I wanna own my own Restaurant in Segunda Beach near the Harbor and working on my cooking skills to earn my 1st Michelin Star at my own Restaurant near the new Harbor. But for now working and cooking wineyard resort is fun and sometimes them owners have a wine testing session and evaluate which of the wines taste best to which food. My first menu Item I created for the resort restaurant was Chateubriand steak with cerrylemon glazed seasoned Vegetables and Baroness Potatoes served optional with a light black pepper sauce. The 2 owners of the wineyard and my head chef loved it and it goes well with their white wine straight from their wineyard. That’s my character moving in To Segunda Beach!

[@gplusytCRST]

I was a bit sceptical when I started watching you build the vineyard but it turned out better than expected! I don't say that to sound mean but I live in a wine region and see these beauties daily. Generally, steep hills have the lines going from top to bottom or bottom to top, less steep hills tend to have them parallel to elevation. But I have never seen as much curvature in a vineyard as you have put in them. It would make it very hard for the machines to properly harvest. And one last thing "They're planning to have the vineyard up and running within a year" is very unrealistic. Grapevines usually need three years to be ready for the first harvest.

[@maxemiloddmoland5476]

I see the Myrtle Fire festival is back in action. Get your tickets now and experience the Myrtle Fire festival now in Segunda Beach.

[@shanemorton2921]

Before I even watched the video and I saw the title with the words 'vineyard' and 'vanilla' I immediately grew quite concerned that Phil was about to give himself carpal tunnel syndrome from all the clicking 😂

[@Fetch26291]

Of course, if Vineyard was an option for the types of farms, Phil wouldn't need to be working this hard on this.

[@melissaharris3389]

There should have been a vineyard in the French pack!

[@AllStarsProdigy]

The vineyard actually ended up looking amazing but it's missing Silos for wine storage and a werehouse were the storage, processing and botling processes would happen. Since the property is fairly large It's unlikely anything would be done inside those buildings, besides turism and office related task, especially since nowadays with all the regulations to ensure food safety. Besides good wine makers tend to have a lot of pride in the quality of their products and so they themselves tend to be very strict with that stuff, after all their profitability depends on quality. I would liek to add that this would not need to be in the vineyard itself and could be in the industrial area.

[@josephp9141]

All that treeing without line tool and it instantly burns😂

[@bcasir7557]

A vineyard (especially of that INSANE size) would def intent require several out buildings related to the actual wine production (farmhouse, barn, warehouse, etc). They also often have water sources like small ponds and maybe even a windmill to help with irrigation.

[@Caladas]

That is indeed an outstanding use of the signature buildings. That looks so amazing! Heartwrenching to see it go ut in flames immediately too! T.T

[@briandancer]

I suspect many have mentioned this already, but a fire watch tower is a great idea for the vinyard. Functional and also good for tourists.

[@vrnica4448]

Hey Phil, I’ve worked picking grapes for a while and it looks great, one thing though. The lines have to be as straight as possible for the wagons that we put the grapes in to not get stuck. We already have to deal with the wagons getting stuck in mud, and having the vineyard not be in straight lines makes the work harder. We already have to deal with getting paid $5 per box, we don’t wanna deal with worse picking conditions. Hope this helps.

[@homasoftwares8124]

Fantastic build! I absolutely adore the look of the hillside with the vineyard in them. It makes the surroundings feel much more alive from street level of the city as well as the vineyard itself

[@anthonyortali3260]

@CityPlannerPlays if you planted small trees instead of bushes you could place several timber harvesting specialized industrial zones where the vines are. This would give you income, activity in the vineyards, and a texture under the vines. It would mess with the realism a bit, but this would help the new tiles to pay for themselves. Alternatively, you could plant some apple orchards interspersed with the vineyards and "log" them for income. It would achieve some of the same goals. If you left strategic gaps in the roads and vines, you could maximize the timber harvesting areas and still have smallish vineyards and orchards. Also, some farms dedicate a section of their land to growing trees to sell for firewood (I have a cousin who did that.)

[@wowbaggerer]

The lines of plants on vineyards always point uphill, at least over here in Germany. That way the plants get the maximum amount of sunlight

[@jackwillis6598]

Cracker episode! The therapeutic nature of your videos and painstaking realism is so refreshing and appreciated 🤩

[@richardvandertulip4061]

I have to say, this was unfortunate but TOTALLY expected. At least Raul and Isabella weren't surprised by the fire; they were just used to quicker response times. Maybe they will fund an expansion to the Segunda Beach Fire Department with the speculation of having their own private station for the vineyard. I mean, the hotel and pub are already raking in the money. Also, I bet a vineyard building will be added with an Italy Region Pack.

[@paoloconsonni3803]

14:40 this gives me a lot of barolo hills vibe!

[@MidnightAge]

That townie walking the path through the fire-blasted devastation of the vineyard like it's an everyday thing. XD The vineyard's name and wine labels should incorporate the fire somehow. "Wildfire merlot." Or something like that. Maybe one section of the vineyard that smoldered but didn't burn out completely led to some grape bushes that produce a very unique, smokey-flavored wine that becomes the vineyard's signature creation and helps bring in tourism. Maybe they even start fertilizing part of the vineyard with different charcoals just to keep that same taste going year to year? And it can be a kind of pick your self up by your boostraps inspirational kind of story. "We spent all our savings on this vineyard, every last penny. And when the wildfire threatened it all, we didn't give up." That sort of thing.

[@stupified007]

I miss Verde Beach so much, lol. Something about that build just clicked hard for me.

[@CubeAtlantic]

Grapevines are wonderful & really relaxin' in Cities Skylines, tbqh.

[@stewarttaylor6784]

Nice, I always liked the movie "A Walk in the Clouds". Thanks for the reenactment.

[@TheUnode]

Your vineyard looks awesome! And now that you've done all that hard work, here's what I would do in place of a line tool - use a surface or a road (although a road will deform your terrain) to get a perfectly straight line, then place along the edge. Then you can delete your straight edge after you've placed everything. I think getting a perfect curve would be possible with a road that way as well.

[@lindsaypierce5847]

Would be cool to see some of the UK mixed-use, main street-esque assets in a little shopping town near the vineyard in a few years. I’m thinking artisan shops and boutiques for tourists, maybe another restaurant/pub. Awesome video!

As a vineyard owner I should give you some pointers. The rows vines should follow contour lines so that each plant(and grapes) could get fresh air and as much sunlight as possible. The way you put them yes looks nice but not realistic much

[@jittersgc]

One thing I'd love for this game is more options for road textures, especially paths and smaller roads, here's hoping some parks or recreation dlc is coming down the line soon

[@makushime]

Great build today! Fire + tornado in the same episode, tough luck. 😅

[@TheMrMe1]

I know I was raised not to laugh at the misfortune of others but the timing of you placing the last bush and Myrtle striking was hilarious to me

[@GrahamHency]

You're testing your own sanity by taking this on without a line tool 😂Looks pretty good though!

[@anthonyortali3260]

Well, sanity yes, but much more tempting fate to manifest as carpal tunnel problems in his clicking hand! 3 hours of clicking is unbearable even for a beautiful end result!!

[@PockyFiend]

1. Which signature building in either the French or German packs would make a good performing arts center? Both the barons agree on a performing arts center, which would be the headquarters for the Segunda Beach Symphony Orchestra, the Segunda Beach Ballet Company, and the Segunda Beach Opera Company, to boost tourism. 2. Here are the key players in Segunda Beach: Baron Thierry de Montel: If you're going to do an AI portrait, he's in his mid-40s, and looks a lot like 60s French pop star Jaques Dutronc, with an updated haircut and wardrobe. Thierry's family had a barony in the Burgundy region in France. During the French Revolution, by siding with the National Assembly, his family lost their noble title, but (literally) kept their heads, and a few vinyards and winery. Over the years, the de Montels developed a excellent reputation for quality wine making, and beginning with Thierry's grandfather Charles, making good investments, buying vinyards not just throughout the Burgundy region, but in Bordeaux, Champagne, the Rhone and Loire Valleys. Thierry's father Guy bought vinyards in Germany (which attracted the attention of Baron Werner von Krieger), Italy, Spain, and Portugal. Thierry himself has expanded the de Montel empire to Chile, Australia, and now, California's Napa and Sonoma Valleys. Aside from partnering with Werner von Krieger and the Myrtle-Lopez's, Thierry also has a partnership with the Myrtle-Lopez's to develop and distribute their new Segunda Vines label. Thierry's main house is a chateau in Dijon, capital of Burgundy, but he also has another chateau in Nice in the Riviera, and an apartment in Paris. Thierry's further plans for Segunda Beach development: Open another vinyard in the Uva Valley, build a mixed-use "superblock"/pedestrian mall (especially with a bakery) near the (French Pack) neighborhood, and build a chateau on the coast near Segunda Beach. Baron Werner von Krieger: If you're going to do an AI portrait, Werner is also in his mid-40s, honey blond hair, blue eyes, aristocratic features, and has the physique of someone who hikes and skis for fun. The von Kriegers lost their baron title after World War 1, but before the war, they decided that if those upstart Rothschilds could open banks in other European countries, so could they - which they did in Switzerland as well as one in their home city of Frankfurt.By doing so, they kept the bulk of their fortune intact throughout both World Wars and the Great Depression. In the post- World War 2 European recovery, they invested heavily in insurance companies, banks, and other financial services throughout Europe. Recently, Werner bought regional bank chains in America, and started Piggybank Financial to trade stocks in the U.S. market. Looking for a west coast hq for his U.S. holdings, Werner joined the Segunda Beach oartnership with Thierry and the Myrtle-Lopez's. Further plans for Segunda Beach development: open a mixed-use "superblock"/pedestrian mall (especially with a bakery) between the (German Pack) neighborhood and the office park/campus for his U.S. holdings, and the Segunda Beach Performing Arts Center. Sir Geoffrey Partridge: If you're going to do an AI portrait, Geoffrey's in his mid to late 40s, looking like a 60s mod band member, including plastic framed eyeglasses and bespoke suit (but with a modern dark haircut, graying at the temples). A Richard Branson-type mogul, Geoffrey owns Morrissey's supermarkets,

[@largemarge857]

I think a fire watch tower could be useful to help with fires and also might be a nice decorative item in the hills. Also some fire helicopters would be a help!

[@theL_Rocks]

This intro especially shows all the creativity you put into your videos. Thank you! It rubs off and I start giving my npcs background stories too. It makes skylines even better

[@collinlawrence9552]

Incredible build! Loving this content! Feeling nostalgic in the best way for the old days of Verde Beach!

[@dwainavance]

Fires are back!!!!

[@Haalaine]

"Mayor, our subsidization of the new vineyard has emptied the treasury, should we stop funding them?" "Absolutely not, just take out some small loans and raise taxes, they need more vines!" Great episode as always SB, the great fire of '25 is a real tragedy, but imagine the tour opportunities and brandings it created!

[@FFpotato]

Oh nice, just finished watching the previous episode. Great timing.

[@MatNichols-iz9dy]

I know there isn't any assets for this yet but if you ever get narrow gauge railroad assets, an idea is you could add a line to the vineyard. Was very popular in older ones in the us and uk.

[@1980jpm]

Pedestrian crosswalk on a blind curve downstream from a winery 😬

[@pcsproshop8972]

that is absolutely gorgeous! my condolences on the fire losses. thanks for sharing!!

[@michaelmccarty9339]

I am loving this vanilla series and I am so here for it!

[@finnegandonahue2988]

If you're open to the idea, maybe load the main building for the vineyard from the rear, that way the hotel guests can enjoy the ocean views from the garden, instead of the parking lot! (Also, with that much landscaping in town, especially with the weather, you'd need an army of low-paid groundskeepers to maintain it all)

[@anthonyortali3260]

Asap you need one of the new DLC fire buildings with the helipad and disaster facility upgrades; and either an upgrade with a firewatch tower or place at least one firewatch tower from the base vanilla to lower the fire risk in the vinyards/orchards.

[@alexanderfreyr4713]

CS2 really needs to add an Italy pack with vinards and tomato farm with it !

[@xarkkal7662]

Line tool can make it organic looking too with offset and spacing variations.

[@thegreenguy5555]

Great video as always! I do miss the custom road naming you did with all your other series though, it would be nice to have that back

[@Kopa_Malphas]

I'm still absolutely BAFFLED that CS2 doesn't have a line tool...

[@CityPlannerPlays]

It's being added with Detailer's Patch 2. Not sure when that'll come out, though!

[@josephp9141]

The more disappointing part are the textures for vanilla crops….

[@TSRShift]

Looks super cool, will there also be a save point available for download to start my own city from that point?

[@angelx9724]

Very cool you got the dreamlight spot. That's a great ticket!

[@erikw1251]

You should put mulch surface under the lines of bushes for a cool look

[@Danishdudexlittle]

a cool idea maybe for the future instead of using dirt roads everywhere you can use the invisible ones with a surface over them and the dirt road where you want zoning

[@soundpost222]

Looks great! Althout the hotel and mansion assets have their gardens facing away from the ocean! Wouldn't people relaxing in the gardens want the ocean view more than the car parks?

[@abfruits]

Myrtle joins A Walk In the Clouds. You need Keanu Reeves. On a separate note, I am surprised no CC has made a grapevine asset. Seems like there should be SOMETHING that is more reasonable than a bush, even if not perfect.

[@Turdboi47]

Classic Verde Beach vibes with that fire 🤣

[@taigacha8347]

The fire was just the hight of realism, allot of farmers will burn crop stubs to refertalise the land rather than doing crop rotations.

[@Ascalafo]

The narrative theme was that this city would offer people priced out of Verde beach a place to call their home, then built a vineyard. There will be riots at the city hall for this, surely. The vineyard is stunning, however. Jaw-droppingly beautiful.

[@leshawnjefferson6150]

Vines need to be in the rain shield of the mountains from the pacific. Best location is south facing slopes behind the peaks. A vineyard facing the ocean would fail.

[@irasponsibly]

Phil, I know this is a low-mod 'vanilla' build, but I think you owe it to yourself and your wrist to install the Line Tool!

[@kidflashb0390]

This episode is just iconic. Would love to see you add a park to the elementary school

[@OddlySpecificGaming]

I wasn’t convinced at first but the end result is great

[@japes7]

You don't need Disaster response units for destroyed buildings. I recently had a huge fire, and the fire trucks go out after fighting actual fires and then it gives you the 'rebuild' option. It seems disaster response units focus on that task alone (maybe can save more injured cims?).

[@fifthturtle48]

I think you should name the Vineyard “Tinder Vines” to commemorate the great fire that burned it down before the grand opening! I also would like to suggest, for the city tours, to sort of reverse your ‘pattern.’ You often show street level (3p) views and then zoom out to sky view. I think it would be super impactful to have a sky view before/after whip “establishing shot” and then zoom in to street level to walk around what you just showed. Then move to another area and do it again. Rinse repeat. Very similar to film and TV. The establishing shot would orient us before taking us “into” the world. Other wise, I’m just trying to figure out where I am and feel a bit jarred. Great build! It made my finger hurt watching you plant all those trees manually!

[@EternalGamingNet]

You know you have built a nice area when my thoughts are "man I would love to visit the vineyard and do a walking tour, sip wine, and then walk into the city and visit local shops and restaurants." Great job on the vineyard and the addiction to the city.

[@lancereutlinger54]

I live near alot of these vineyards and I will say every single one of them also has a wedding venue. I'm not sure if the game has the assets for a build like that but thing it would look great if they come out down the line.

[@planecrashcorner7283]

WE NEED A LINE TOOL

[@mistrplow]

My hand hurts just watching this. Well done sir.

[@LaneGandy]

Got to watch this one live! Awesome seeing you work IRL, vs the edit. Great work as always, CPP!

[@erikjohnpotvin]

SWEET BERRY WINE!! - Steve Brule

[@idno4856]

It was hard watching that fire, man. But glad it seemed to be ok(?). I thought you were crazy for placing all the "grape vines" by hand, but I have to say that the results were great!

[@zane_sadauskis]

Stellar addition to the build phil!

[@CityPlannerPlays]

Thank you!!

[@neobaggins3718]

Welcome to Viñedo Yates, 47. Your targets are Don Yates and Tamara Vidal.

[@Sxlidbaws]

i thought that pedestrian bridge to the vineyard was a little... optimistic... i can't think of many people that would rather take the trip by foot than by car. And if the reasoning is to allow people that don't have a car to visit it, I think it's most likely that it'd have a bus line straight to the vineyard. Also it seems strange that they'd be able to buy so much land and right of way to build it across the highway

[@tomi2205]

was thinking this too

[@Patchguyhere]

Amazing video as always Phil! But wouldn't it make more sense to rotate the hotel and vineyard estate around, so that the backyards have view of the city and sea. I might be wrong, but i feel like most hotels and estates like this have the view facing the back of the property, rather than the front

[@ashickley]

Vineyard name suggestion… Phoenix Vineyard and Winery.

[@jacerjake]

Wondering if you should put different soil surfaces underneath the vineyards. If you picked a few that alternated with the tree orientations i think it would look stunning particularly from a distance. It looks amazing right now but i think it would really make it pop.

[@zipfox2235]

Vineyards are so pretty

[@RedGingerRR]

I love that you’re doing a vanilla build! I like what you’re making, looks great and functions within the expectations and mechanics of the intended game!

[@vladFirke]

omg, water tower and fire tower is need for this build :) and yes fire house with helipad

[@turkeytrac1]

U need a number of wineries so you lay rail and run dinner trains to wine country. Great vid

[@izzatsufian2796]

Segunda Beach is sequel to the Verde Beach and this sequel would be legendary❤

[@lukesherman8703]

Overall, enjoy d the video and the build, but you should plop a tractor or two down to check the row spacing on some of your vineyard rows to ensure that equipment would be able to get through.

[@avail6797]

Great job with this video. I really enjoyed watching it.