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April 20, 2023

Westport winery on market

When a wealthy investor opts to make a wine-centric splurge into viniculture and real estate, one tends to think of areas like Walla Walla, Napa or Sonoma. But ... Westport? Sure, why not. Colliers recently put the 21-acre Westport Winery Garden Resort on the market. It's about midway between Aberdeen and Westport, on a bluff with views of the Grays Harbor bay. Grapes aren't actually grown in that wet, blustery area, but it's a full-fledged wine making operation that was founded in 2008 by Kim and Blain Roberts. Their broker at Colliers is Arvin Vander Veen, and the asking price is just over $5.7 million. The operations side of the business brings in grapes from Eastern Washington, and today produces 5,000 cases of wine annually, and nearly 900 cases of spirits. There's also the Sea Glass Grill restaurant and a lodging component, with two houses and two apartments. (New zoning would allow 20 more units.) And there's a separate nonprofit on the property, The International Mermaid Museum, to help draw tourists. The main business bills itself as the westernmost winery in the state, and draws some 100,000 visitors per year.




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