Vintners Group purchased a 5,000-square-foot winery with 16,000 gallons of tank storage, a small tasting room, accessory buildings and couple of rental houses and 73.5 acres of vineyards planted to chardonnay and pinot noir. It was the vineyard that interested the Rippey Family, which owns Vintners Group. The winery hasn’t been used in the last two years and will lease it to a vintner or brewer. The seller was an affiliate of La Prenda Vineyards Management.
The property currently has a grape contract for 160 tons of pinot noir grapes through next seasons for $600 a ton, according to the North Bay Business Journal. Vintners Group plans to bring that fruit and other grapes from the property to Lodi Vintners to make wine for that buyer and to produce bulk wine for other customers