$500,000
TURNKEY VIRGINIA FARM WINERY — SELLING AT AUCTION SEPT 29
Vineyards sell two ways: as a dream someone still has to build, or as a business someone already built. This is the second kind. Nearly two decades of work is already in the ground — well, septic, vines, trellis, deer fence, production building, tasting room, event space, crush pad, equipment and brand. Every slow, permit-dependent step is done and paid for. What's left is the part you want: make wine, pour it, fill the room.
AUCTION TERMS
Simulcast auction with online and on-site bidding, Tuesday, Sept 29 at 2 PM. 10% buyer's premium added to the high bid. Sells AS-IS, subject to seller confirmation. Seller is considering pre-auction offers. List price does not reflect final sale price. Open houses 9/17, 9/20 and 9/27, 12-2 PM.
THE LAND — ±45.18 ACRES, AGRICULTURAL ZONING
Level, open and already producing. Five vineyard blocks: the original 2007 vinifera planting (soil records reference Sangiovese, Viognier, Merlot and Chardonnay) plus a 1-acre Chambourcin block planted 2017, healthy and in production. Trellising in good condition, ±2,500 LF deer fencing, unused plastic drip irrigation conveys. ±17 additional plantable acres at the center of the property on comparable soils and topography. Wooded rear section with timber. By-right residential use.
THE WINERY — ±3,650 SF ON TWO LEVELS
Built 2015, tasting room addition 2019. Wood frame on slab, cementitious siding, composite tile-style roof, heat pump and central air throughout.
TASTING LEVEL 1,296 SF: open room with bar and seating, two half-baths, case goods storage.
PRODUCTION 1,344 SF: open floor with ceiling height for tall fermentation tanks, wine lab, catering kitchen, half-bath, overhead door to the crush pad.
SECOND LEVEL 1,008 SF: completely finished, with additional venue space and a full bathroom, reached by stairs from the tasting room and opening onto a large viewing deck over the vineyard. Weddings, private events and public tastings can run at the same time on separate floors — two revenue streams, one building.
OUTDOOR: ±1,584 SF wraparound covered tasting porch with stamped concrete, elevated deck off the second-level venue space, 576 SF concrete crush pad.
SITE & UTILITIES
864 SF (24'x36') metal equipment building, 2007, power and overhead door. Additional storage buildings and shed. Pump house with pressure tank and radiant heat. Private well permitted 2007. On-site septic permitted 2014 for a 4-bedroom house. Public electric, LP gas, underground utilities. EV charging station. Gravel drive and parking with frontage on Meadow Landing Lane.
THE BUSINESS CONVEYS
All farm and wine production equipment on site can convey: tractors (2018 Kioti, 2006 Kubota, 1989 Ford 4610), 1989 Braud 524 mechanical grape harvester, JACTO Arbus 500T airblast sprayers, stainless variable-capacity tanks, 2,300L combination fermenters, 850L egg fermenter, Zambelli crusher/destemmer, 2015 PneZETA press, 24 oak and stainless barrels, bottling line with corker and labeler, full tasting bar, commercial refrigeration and POS. Itemized inventory in the Documents tab. Finished product conveys by separate bill of sale. Also included: the brand, caretcellars.com, trademarks, recipes, customer lists and vendor relationships. Labels: Bay Blu, Chardonnay, Chambourcin, Nebbiolo Rosé, Rivah Red, Syrah, Traminette, Tannat, Merlot, Petit Manseng.
LOCATION
Caret, Essex County. 6 miles north of Tappahannock, 34 miles southeast of Fredericksburg, a mile south of Route 17 at Caret/Essex Church Road with existing signage on both. Route 17 feeds the I-95 corridor, putting the property in day-trip range of Richmond and Northern Virginia. Four miles from the Rappahannock River. Working-farm setting with several established wineries within 30 miles.
Open the doors and pour. Due diligence package, visual tour and grounds tour available.
495 Meadow Landing Ln, Caret
Listing courtesy of Dudley Auctions Inc. Contact: (757) 651-1729
