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Press Release · Hospitality & Viticulture · California

Wert-Berater, Inc. Completes Winery Event Venue Feasibility Study in Temecula Valley, California

An independent Winery Event Venue Feasibility Study evaluating a luxury wedding and event venue with 9-key boutique hotel in Temecula Valley, California.

Winery and event venue
Wert-Berater, Inc. Completes Winery Event Venue Feasibility Study in Temecula Valley, California

For Immediate Release · 2026-01-17

Asset class
Hospitality & Viticulture · California
Program
SBA 504 / 7(a)
Evaluated value
$10,066,000
Study conclusion
FAVORABLE WITH CONDITIONS — the single highest-priority condition being resolution of the site’s one-lane unpaved access road
Location
Temecula Valley, California
Completed
2026

TEMECULA VALLEY, California — Wert-Berater, Inc., an independent feasibility study consulting firm serving lenders and government agencies since 1998, has completed a Winery Event Venue Feasibility Study in Temecula Valley, California.

Wert-Berater served as independent feasibility consultant to the lender and CDC. Party names are withheld consistent with the confidential nature of underwriting and capital-advisory work; figures represent the project as evaluated at the study date.

Project Summary

Feasibility analysis of a 17,771-square-foot luxury wedding and event venue with a 9-key boutique hotel in the Temecula Valley wine country — Southern California’s premier viticultural destination market — evaluated for SBA 504/7(a) financing on behalf of the lender and certified development company.

What the Project Included

A dual-revenue hospitality model: high-margin wedding and event bookings anchored by the wine-country destination draw, with the boutique hotel keys capturing event-driven room nights and smoothing midweek utilization. Demand was benchmarked against the regional wedding market, venue comparables, and ADR evidence from the Temecula Valley lodging set.

Capital Structure

Blended SBA 504/7(a) structure: senior bank financing, CDC debenture against the eligible fixed assets, and borrower equity injection consistent with special-purpose hospitality property requirements.

Feasibility Study Challenges

The study’s defining finding was physical, not financial: primary access runs over a one-lane unpaved road, and the analysis flagged it as the highest-priority conditional item — a constraint bearing on guest experience, emergency access, weather resilience, and ultimately the premium pricing the pro forma depends on. The determination was structured so the access condition had to be resolved before the otherwise favorable economics could be relied upon.

About Wert-Berater, Inc.

Wert-Berater, Inc. is an independent feasibility study consulting firm founded in 1998, providing lender- and agency-facing feasibility studies, highest-and-best-use analyses, and capital-advisory support. The firm has completed 4,000+ engagements across all 50 states and internationally, evaluating over $41.2 billion in project value for SBA, USDA, EB-5, conventional, and institutional financing decisions. In every engagement, fiduciary duty runs to the lender and the applicable agency.

Media contact: Donald Safranek, MSc, President, Wert-Berater, Inc. — +1 310-857-2443 ext. 800. Press inquiries only; client, lender, and property identities remain confidential.

About this release. This announcement summarizes a completed, independent Wert-Berater engagement. Details have been anonymized to protect client and lender confidentiality; no borrower, lender, or property is identified. Figures reflect the project as evaluated at the study date.
Donald Safranek, MSc — President and feasibility study consultant, Wert-Berater, Inc.

President, Wert-Berater, Inc. — independent feasibility study consultants since 1998. 4,000+ engagements completed across all 50 states and internationally, evaluating $41.2 billion in project value for SBA, USDA, EB-5, conventional, and institutional financing decisions. Fiduciary duty runs to the lender and agency in every engagement.

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