• 225 Acres
• 150 Acres Planted Vineyard
• Profitable Vineyard
• Victoria, Australia

Outstanding opportunity to acquire a 225 acre (approx.) rural freehold. The options (STCA) are many and are all underpinned by the established and profitable vineyard operation:

1. Develop a luxury home amongst the vines
2. Plant additional income producing crops
3. Develop a wine brand
4. Develop a food & accommodation business
5. Develop a tourism business …

The combined holding of 225 acres (approx.) incorporates:

• 150 acres (approx.) of planted vineyard – profitable and commercial scale in one of Australia's fastest growing wine regions
• 75 acres (approx.) of vacant land

Vineyard Profits are Growing & Sustainable:

Vineyard profits (EBITD) are forecast at $400k (approx.), increasing to $500k (approx.) over the next few years.

The growing profitability of the vineyard operation is underpinned by:

• The long term forward contract for sale of all the grapes
• The refinement of operational procedures
• Maturing vines that are now producing good yields
• Re-weighting of the grape plantings to local climatic conditions and market demands
• The return from capital investment in automation
• The stability of staff

The vineyard is now run at near industry-leading efficiency levels. Production output is forecast at the equivalent of 45,000 cases in 2009 Financial Year, growing to 50,000 cases after 2010.

Investment Features:

• More than $4m invested to date
• All grapes forward sold under long term contract to organisations including Domaine Chandon and Foster's
• Full managed operation with skilled management & staff
• Low cost operating structure – there is a fully automatic electronic watering & feeding system to the 150 acres (approx.), which feature long wide rows and good headlands for machine operation
• Self-sufficient water infrastructure – 110ML dam, 2 x feeder dams, and 50ML renewable bore (currently @ 60% capacity)
• Freehold of 225 acres (approx.) is on three titles (zoned: Rural)