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12. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Litigation – From time to time, in the normal course of business, the Company is a party to legal proceedings. Management believes that these matters will not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial position, results of operations or cash flows, but, due to the nature of litigation, the ultimate outcome of any potential actions cannot presently be determined.

Operating leases – Vineyard - In December 1999, under a sale-leaseback agreement, the Company sold approximately 79 acres of the Tualatin Vineyards property with a net book value of approximately $1,000,000 for approximately $1,500,000 cash and entered into a 20-year operating lease agreement, with three five-year extension options, and contains an escalation provision of 2.5% per year. The Company extended the lease in January 2019 until January 2025. The gain of approximately $500,000 is being amortized over the life of the lease. This property is referred to as the Peter Michael Vineyard and includes approximately 66 acres of producing vineyards.

In December 2004, under a sale-leaseback agreement, the Company sold approximately 75 acres of the Tualatin Vineyards property with a net book value of approximately $551,000 for approximately $727,000 cash and entered into a 15-year operating lease agreement, with three five-year extension options, for the vineyard portion of the property. The first five year extension has been exercised. The lease contains a formula-based escalation provision with a maximum increase of 4% every three years. This property is referred to as the Meadowview Vineyard, and includes approximately 49 acres of producing vineyards.

The amortization of the deferred gain totals approximately $25,000 per year for the 1999 sale-leaseback agreement and $7,000 for the 2004 sale-leaseback agreement and is recorded as an offset to the related lease expense in selling, general and administrative expenses.

In February 2007, the Company entered into a lease agreement for 59 acres of vineyard land at Elton Vineyards. This lease is for a 10-year term with four five-year renewals at the Company’s option. The lease contains an escalation provision tied to the CPI not to exceed 2% per annum. In 2017 the Company exercised its option to renew the lease until December 31, 2022.

In July 2008, the Company entered into a 34-year lease agreement with a property owner in the Eola Hills for approximately 110 acres adjacent to the existing Elton Vineyards site. These 110 acres are being developed into vineyards. Terms of this agreement contain rent increases, that rises as the vineyard is developed, and contains an escalation provision of CPI plus .5% per year capped at 4%. This property is referred to as part of Ingram Vineyard.

In March 2017, the Company entered into a 25-year lease for approximately 18 acres of agricultural land in Dundee, Oregon. These acres are being developed into vineyards. This lease contains an annual payment that remains constant throughout the term of the lease. This property is referred to as part of Bernau Estate Vineyard.

Operating Leases – Non-Vineyard - In September 2018, the Company renewed an existing lease for three years, with two one-year renewal options, for its McMinnville tasting room. The lease contains an escalation provision with a cap at 3% per year.

In January 2018, the Company assumed a lease, with four remaining years, for its Maison Bleue tasting room in Walla Walla, Washington. The lease contains fixed payments that increase over the term of the agreement.

Operating leases – Not yet commenced – The Company has entered into a contract to build and lease a retail wine facility in Folsom, California, referred to as Willamette Wineworks, and anticipates this lease commencing in the first quarter of 2020.

The following tables provide lease cost and other lease information for the twelve months ended December 31, 2019:

	Twelve Months Ended
	December 31, 2019
Lease Cost
Operating Lease cost - Vineyards	$	454,738
Operating Lease cost - Other		70,320
Short-term lease cost		21,600

Total Lease Cost	$	546,658

Other information

(Gains) and losses on sale and leaseback transactions, net	$	(24,983	)
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities,
Operating cash flows from operating leases - Vineyard		419,407
Operating cash flows from operating leases - Other		69,600
Weighted-average remaining lease term - operating leases		18.06
Weighted-average discount rate - operating leases		6.24	%

As of December 31, 2019, maturities of lease liabilities were as follows:

2020	$	501,782
2021		495,521
2022		470,985
2023		452,562
2024		457,973
Thereafter		5,934,596
Total minimal lease payments		8,313,419
Less present value adjustment		(3,395,524	)
Operating lease liabilities		4,917,895
Less current lease liabilities		(203,482	)
Lease liabilities net of current portion	$	4,714,413

Grape Purchases - The Company has entered into a long-term grape purchase agreement with one of its Willamette Valley wine grape growers. This contract amended and extended three separate contracts and purchases fruit through the 2023 harvest year. With this agreement the Company purchases an annually agreed upon quantity of fruit, at pre-determined prices, within strict quality standards and crop loads. The Company cannot calculate the minimum or maximum payment as such a calculation is dependent in large part on unknowns such as the quantity of fruit needed by the Company and the availability of grapes produced that meet the strict quality standards in any given year. If no grapes are produced that meet the contractual quality levels, the grapes may be refused, and no payment would be due.

Bernau Estate - In 2019, the Board of Directors approved the construction of a new tasting room at the Bernau Estate, expected to be mostly completed during the 2020 fiscal year. The total construction costs for the Bernau Estate Tasting Room is expected to be approximately $13.1 million, of which we expect will be funded through a combination of cash on hand as well as debt and/or equity financing. Construction on the Bernau Estate Tasting Room began in July, 2019 and as of December 31, 2019, we had spent approximately $2.1 million on the project from our cash reserves.