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The Mt. Hood Highway (Route 26) out of Portland is one of the busiest tourist routes in Oregon as people take advantage of recreational opportunities afforded by the Cascades and beautiful Mt. Hood. Wasson Bros. Winery does a huge retail trade from its location on the Highway as drivers enter Sandy. The winery’s reputation was built upon its deft hand with fruit wines such as blackberry, boysenberry, blueberry, peach and rhubarb. A solid wall of awards, ribbons and medals attest to their stature as perhaps the best fruit wine producer in the country. The winery also produces and has the equipment to expand production of vinifera grape wines, the grapes for which are currently supplied by the owners'  vineyard in Oregon City, which is also offered for sale.

IMPROVEMENTS/EQUIPMENT
The winery is in a 4,000 sf  leased facility built to suit the winery’s needs at 17020 Rueben Lane in Sandy. The highly visible location, just south of the intersection with Highway 26 was built in 2002 .  There is a big, bright tasting room and retail area with a large selection of wine-related merchandise. The offering includes all equipment for operation of the business: tanks, barrels, presses, crusher/de-stemmer, refrigeration, pumps, filters, bottling equipment, hoses, transfer equipment and off-site event equipment, as well as office/tasting room furnishings and machines (full list available). The lease provides for $2,000/month payments until June 2010, when the payments will double to $4,000. The original term is for 20 years and there are two 5 year options to renew. Lease available for review. 

THE BUSINESS
Jim and twin brother John have operated Wasson Bros. for over 20 years but now realize it’s time to retire. This is a turn-key operation that has grossed between just under $210,000 in 2006 and almost $230,000 in 2005. The Wasson's say they have passed on a number of opportunities to expand into new markets. There is a continuous supply of fruit and berries in the Willamette Valley, making this portion of the business unconstrained by the current or future shortages of vinifera winegrapes. Jim’s home and vineyard in Oregon City, including 6 producing acres of Pinot Noir, Riesling, Muscat and Gewurztraminer is also available for $650,000. The home and vineyard are on a total of 11.6 acres adjacent to and with use of a small airstrip.

LOCATION
17020 Ruben Lane, Sandy, Oregon

PRICE
$260,000 for the business and equipment. The wine inventory varies and is not included in the price for the business and equipment. Current inventory is valued at about $50,000. All retail merchandise is also available at cost.