France — the shared-cost support layer: who batches customers onto one van

France genuinely does have a shared model, but it is a luggage-and-logistics
layer, not a wine-and-rescue layer.

BicyBAGS — the most sophisticated of its type

• URL: https://bicybags.com/en/ · Western France: La Vélodyssée, La Vélo
  Francette, La Flow Vélo, Tour de Gironde, Vallée du Lot, Canal des 2 Mers, La
  Vélidéale; full coverage of Gironde, Vendée, Charente-Maritime, Charente.
  Not in the six target wine regions — but the model is the transferable thing.
• Scale [VERIFIED]: "a fleet of a dozen vehicles and 2 logistics centers",
  600+ bicycles.
• Luggage price grid — priced PER STAGE, not per bag [VERIFIED]:

The marginal cost of bag #8 is €5. That single number is the shared-van
thesis, published, by a French company, on its own price list.

Collection from 09:00, delivery before 18:00, "in practice, before 4 p.m. in 95%
of cases." 23 kg limit, 70 km max between stops.

• They also move people [VERIFIED — /transport-of-people]: "Climb aboard
  a privatized shuttle... Our driver goes, at the agreed time, to your
  accommodation, to the station, to the airport or to the place you want for the
  pick-up." Capacity up to 8 people and 8 bicycles in a single vehicle, using
  large-capacity vehicles and bike trailers. Published example: Royan–La Rochelle
  €270 total = €67.50pp at 4 people, €45pp at 6. Excludes Sundays and holidays.
• This is per-vehicle pricing divided by headcount — the exact structure needed.
  But it is pre-booked and privatised, not roving on-demand.
  [NOT FOUND] minimum notice, response time, or mid-route pickup of a rider who
  has given up. That is the sector's blank space.
• Booking tech: own platform at bicybags-app.com.

Le Porte-Bagages — the Burgundy one, and Bourgogne Evasion's subcontractor

• URL: https://leportebagages.fr/ · Burgundy only. Serves "more than 200
  accommodations". "1411 luggage transfers in 2023" — the only transaction-volume
  figure published by anyone in this scan. Transports luggage, bikes AND people.
  Max 1 piece per person, 15 kg. Phone 06 02 94 16 55, 09:00–18:00, 7 days a week.
  Online booking form.
• [NOT FOUND] pricing — the booking widget computes it.

Business-model note worth dwelling on: Bourgogne Evasion, the biggest Burgundy
bike-and-wine operator, does not own its luggage van. It points customers at
Le Porte-Bagages. The support layer in Burgundy is already unbundled from the
tour layer — which is an argument both for and against the Australian plan.
For: a support business can stand alone as a supplier to many tour brands.
Against: if it can be bought in, it is not a moat.

Les Vélos Verts — Loire

• URL: https://www.lesvelosverts.com/ · Published grid, per stage:
  Orléans–Angers €35 (1 bag) to €120 (10 bags); Angers–Nantes €80 (1 bag) to €150
  (10 bags). Season 1 April – 30 September. Pickup by 09:30, delivery
  guaranteed before 18:00. 70 km max stage, 25 kg max. Someone must be at the
  accommodation 09:30–18:00. Bags only — no people, no bikes.

La Malle Postale — the scale player, and the strongest positive precedent

• URL: https://www.lamallepostale.com/ · Le Puy-en-Velay. Over 1.2 million
  bags transported since 2009. Covers Compostelle, Chemin de Stevenson, Cévennes,
  Aubrac, Bretagne, Normandie, Alpes, Vosges, Languedoc. Services: luggage
  transport, transport de personnes (they shuttle people), bike transport,
  vehicle conveyance, regular scheduled shuttles between trailheads. Team
  operates "7j/7 en saison."
• [NOT FOUND] pricing — quote-based.

Pilgrimage-walking, not cycling-wine — but it proves a scheduled, shared,
multi-customer, people-and-bags shuttle can be a viable standalone French
business at real scale. That is the strongest positive precedent in the French
scan for the Cellar Door Cycling van as a business in its own right.

Others named on official route portals [SECONDARY — verified on the portals, not on their own sites**]**

• Loire à Vélo (loireavelo.fr) lists: ARNOTOURS (Tours–Amboise–Montlouis),
  RÊVE DE VÉLO (Nevers→Saint-Brevin, travel.revedevelo.com), TAXI FD
  (Amboise–Angers, explicitly also carries people), LOIRE VÉLO NATURE
  (Blois–Angers), TAXI FRANCK COURCHAY (also carries people), VÉLO VAL DE
  LOIRE (Nevers–Orléans), DU VENT DANS LES RAYONS (300 km radius of Nantes).
  The portal publishes no prices — "contactez-les pour un devis."
• France Vélo Tourisme names BicyBAGS, La Malle Postale, Le Porte Bagages,
  Roule ma poule (agence-roulemapoule.fr) and Rêve de Vélo Travel. It states
  Rêve de Vélo charges €15–€30 per bag up to 23 kg depending on quantity and
  season, and characterises the sector as shared: transporters "follow your cycling
  route throughout your journey and make baggage available in the afternoon."
  Reservation "several days in advance" with the full itinerary declared up front.
  [SECONDARY — Rêve de Vélo's own site 403'd**]**

Provence is different, and legally significant

The official Vaucluse portal's "Transport de vélos, bagages et personnes"
directory (provence-a-velo.fr/transport-velo/offres-30-1.html) lists five
providers, and all five are taxi/VTC firms: Hello Taxis 84 (L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue),
Provence Panorama (Avignon), Luberon VTC (Maubec), Ventoux Travel Car
(Beaumes-de-Venise), Ventoux Prestige VTC (Modène). All are Accueil Vélo certified;
two carry a "Compagnon de Route" badge. [VERIFIED]

In Provence, the rider-rescue function is performed by licensed
passenger-transport operators, not by cycling businesses. That is the single
most important structural observation in the French scan — see the regulation
chapter that closes this French run.

What does NOT exist in France

[NOT FOUND] Any French operator selling a day pass, trail-support
subscription, or season pass covering shuttle/rescue across many independent
customers. Every shared-cost product found is either (a) pre-booked
point-to-point luggage on a fixed itinerary, or (b) a privatised shuttle quoted
per vehicle. Nothing roving, nothing on-demand, nothing subscription.