If you ever considered owning your own Winery or looking to expand your current operation, this International award winning, North Carolina Winery is currently accepting applications for potential investors or buyers. If you or anyone you know is interested in this rare opportunity, please take a moment to read the information listed below or call for a non disclosure and more information. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at the numbers or emails listed below. Thank you for your consideration, we look forward to hearing from you.
A new major partnering/ownership opportunity is available in the new, premier high growth wine industry area in the Piedmont area of North Carolina. This business is located just off the intersection of I77 (North/South) and Rt 421 (East/West), a major high traffic intersection with easy on/off access for both local and interstate travelers. Situated in the midst of the Yadkin Valley AVA with its rolling hills and beautiful countryside.
Opportunity Includes:
-Award winning wine line (8 wines) being expanded with first meads and fortified wines.
-All federal, state and local needed licenses for operation of vineyard, tasting room, winery, fortified wines and distillery including distribution.
-Member of Yadkin Valley AVA and soon to be announced Swan Creek Valley AVA and Vineyards of Swan Creek Association.
-Established and revenue producing vineyard and winery with distillery operation planned starting in 2007
-Assets include 7 acre vineyard located on 13+acre tract with water and lake site, tractors, sprays and mowers. Includes pump house and deep well producing 100gal/min.
-Adjacent tract of 22+acres for future vineyard expansion.
-New 2004 winery structure of 15,000 square feet with installed 55,000 gallon jacketed stainless steel fermentation tank capacity and 20,000 case yearly production capacity expandable to 40,000 cases/yr. Includes all stainless steel equipment including bottling line. Distillery is all copper.
-New 2005 log cabin tasting room structure of 1600 sq ft with kitchen, large front porch and covered 1200 sq ft deck for outside activity/events and entertaining.
-A “Custom Crush” capability available for revenue production starting January 2008 ($200,000-$300,000 potential annually).
-Established producing mature vineyard of 10 varieties capable of producing 35 tons of fruit yearly. Currently are producing 12 award winning wines/meads (3500-5000 cases yearly).
-Distillery will be producing brandies, rum and neutral spirits for fortifying wines.
-Situation can include continue support/operation from experienced current owners for a to-be specified period of time.
-Expanding tiered distribution for wines sales/distribution to include one major supermarket chain and a large wine store chain (Total Wine).
-Securing broker/distributor to handle wine/spirits placement in other states.
-Initial distillery products under development for initial production including aged brandy, rum, grappa and mezcal.
-Sales tracking with starting business case with growth of 60%+/year since 2004.
-Expected sales for 2007 $200,000, 2008 $300,000, 2009 $500,000 (includes first year of custom crush revenue)
-Current full time staff includes experienced wine maker and assistant.
