Treasury Wine Estates is selling approximately 31.68 hectares of West Auckland vineyards, winery production, and distribution plant.

The Waikoukou Valley operation includes 5.84 hectares of which three hectares are planted to Sauvignon Blanc and just under a hectare planted to Chardonnay. Last season the plantings yielded a combined crop of 12.79 tonnes of grapes.

Immediately adjacent to the vines is 7.49 hectares of winery, bottling hall and warehousing complex with a production capacity of 2,000 tonnes and storage capacity in tanks and barrels of 3.6 million litres. The $2 million purpose-built warehouse was officially opened in 2004.

Buildings within the winery complex include:

- 1,000sqm winery and bottling hall capable of storing 3.6 million litres of juice.

- The bottling facility is equipped to produce 1.1 million cases of screw-capped wine annually.

- 900sqm climate-controlled barrel hall capable of housing some 2,000 casks.

- 1,672sqm finished goods warehouse facility and dispatch yard capable of stacking up to 2,300 standard-racked pallets.

- Some of administrative buildings (300sqm) can house up to 60 employees.

- $1.2 million waste water treatment and filtration plant consented to process 18,000 cubic metres of liquid annually.

- Approximately 326sqm of equipment storage sheds and machinery.

- A unique wine tasting venue formerly The Hunting Lodge which was built in 1868 as the property's original homestead.

In effect, a new owner will be taking control of a virtual turn-key operation which has a multitude of future opportunities. Within the assets being sold is the grape reception and fruit/ stalk separation bin and the press.