The Es Fangar estate in Son Macià (1,000 hectares in the Manacor area bordering Felanitx) has gone back on the market, this time for a slightly lower price than a few years ago. "The most expensive mansion in Mallorca," as various European media outlets have called it recently, is returning to the real estate market for 87 million euros (approximately 100 million dollars). It's worth noting that the estate still belongs to German businessman Peter Eisenmann, who bought it for just over 13 million euros in 2001 from the Bonnín-Armstrong family. After renovations, the planting of vineyards, and the creation of a winery (which had to be built off-site, initially unsuccessfully attempting to locate in the Manacor industrial park), and controversies surrounding the closure of several public roads crossing the estate and passing in front of the houses, financial difficulties led to its sale.

In 2020, Eisenmann put Es Fangar up for sale for €100 million, at €100,000 per hectare. This estate, dedicated to organic farming with wine production, breeding purebred horses, and organizing equestrian championships, occupies more than 0.27% of the island's surface area, covering over 1,000 hectares. The former president of the Eisenmann SE group, dedicated to the engineering industry, declared it bankrupt after rejecting acquisition offers from a Chinese group. The estate also has a helipad. Finally, in 2019, a winery was inaugurated in Felanitx with an investment of €8 million to market the organic wine produced from its vineyards. A 7,500 square meter space, 48 tanks with a capacity of 12,000 liters of red wine and a 20,000-liter tank for blending, in addition to oak barrels, mostly French.

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The Palma Organic Market is the only 100% organic farmers' market in the Balearic Islands. In fact, according to the Spanish Society of Organic Agriculture (SEAE), this market is the most important in the entire country in terms of the number of stalls and its frequency. The project, which began fifteen years ago and can be visited every Tuesday and Saturday in Plaça Patins in Palma, is experiencing a period of growth while maintaining its essence: a loyal clientele, exclusively local and organic producers and products, and a relationship between buyers and sellers more akin to that of friends or family than to that of business transactions. "It's an example of how a market can thrive in a city while also protecting local and organic products," remarked Marialaura Dolfi of Apaema.

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