High Tech & Fully Equipped Winery For Sale Sierra Foothills, California
High Tech and Fully Equipped Winery
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129± Acres Total
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36± Acres Planted to Premium Vineyard
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30± Acres of Potential Plantable Land
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13,000± SqFt Custom Built Winery
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10,000 Case Capacity
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3,000 Case Custom Crush Client
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Estate Building Site
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Amazing Views
High-tech and fully equipped winery, custom built by Chaim Gur-Arieh Ph.D., a food scientist who spent 35 years of his career as an inventor and creator of new food products and owner of a Flavor Manufacturing Company.
You must see this facility to appreciate its unique quality and features.
Custom Built Winery
The winery is situated inside a climate-controlled building with separate winemaking, barrel storage and cased goods rooms. It has novel features such as “gravity feed”, “pulse-air” and Chaim’s own creation of a “dual compartment submerged-cap fermentation tanks”. Using his unique winemaking technology and the special attention that he has given to the farming of the vineyards, Chaim was able to create a special style of wine, which he is leaving as his legacy for the future generations.
Winery Acquisition Highlights
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The sale will include the land, the vineyard, the winery building, the winemaking equipment and the land improvements, including the roads and a productive well producing approximately 35 gallons per minute.
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Opportunity to build a residential home on the property with sweeping vineyards and mountain views.
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Three-year production contract with the seller to produce approximately 3,000 cases per year of the seller’s brands, Di Arie and Hikaru, with projected gross profit potential.
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Existing private-label business opportunities with current customers.
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Sales potential as a high-end private-label manufacturer.
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Additional revenue opportunities through wine grape sales.
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Potential of 1031 Exchange.
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The founder and winemaker will be available to be the Consulting Winemaker for the buyer.
The Founder
Chaim Gur-Arieh
"Here's an opportunity to own a High-tech and fully equipped winery, custom built by Chaim Gur-Arieh Ph.D ."
Early Years
Born in Istanbul, Turkey, Chaim immigrated to Israel as a teenager. After completing his military service as an officer in a tank division, Chaim studied at the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology and received his B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering. Soon after, Chaim moved to the United States to continue his education at the University of Illinois where he earned a Masters and a Ph.D. in Food Science with minors in Biochemistry and Chemical Engineering.
Professional Career
Chaim then joined the Quaker Oats company where he helped develop the breakfast Cereal Cap’n Crunch. He moved to California to become Director of New Products at Del Monte Corporation where he created an array of new products including “Pudding Cups”, “Gel Cups”, “Yogurt Cups”, etc. In 1974 Chaim founded Food Development Corporation, where he developed numerous new products including Hidden Valley Ranch Salad Dressing, Power Bars and Wine Coolers. In 1980, Chaim merged Food Development Corporation with California Brands Flavors, his flavor company. Over the next 18 years Chaim transformed California Brands Flavors into a major West Coast flavor company.
And The Rest is History
In 1998, Chaim and Elisheva sold their flavor company to Mane & Fils, an international flavor company and went on to pursue his life-long dream of creating world class wines.
