Scheid Vineyards Inc. Reports 1st Quarter Results
04 Junho 2007 - 11:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
SALINAS, Calif., June 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Scheid Vineyards
Inc. announced today its financial results for the first quarter
ended March 31, 2007. Financial Results Mike Thomsen, Chief
Financial Officer, reports, "Revenues for the three months ended
March 31, 2007 increased to $10.1 million from $7.0 million for the
same period in 2006, primarily due to increased sales of bulk wine.
Margins were lower for wine sold in 2007, which was primarily wine
produced in 2006, than margins for wine sold in 2006, which was
primarily wine produced in 2005. Yields of the 2005 harvest were at
record levels, resulting in lower production costs per unit of bulk
wine. As a result, gross profit for the three months ended March
31, 2007 totaled $2.8 million, as compared to $3.2 million in the
2006 period." Mr. Thomsen continued, "For the three months ended
March 31, 2007, income from operations totaled $0.3 million,
compared to $0.8 million for the same period in 2006. Early in
2007, the Company sold a 360-acre vineyard, resulting in a one-time
gain of $4.2 million. After reflecting the gain on the vineyard
sale and income taxes on net profits, net income for the three
months ended March 31, 2007 was $2.6 million ($2.57 per share),
compared to $0.5 million ($0.45 per share) in 2006." Winery
Construction Scott Scheid, President and Chief Executive Officer
added, "Construction of the second phase of the Company's winery
facility is proceeding on schedule. This expansion will increase
capacity from a current 18,000 tons of processing capability to
approximately 30,000 tons and will be completed in time for the
2007 harvest." About Scheid Vineyards Inc. Scheid Vineyards Inc.
(http://www.scheidvineyards.com/) operates approximately 5,300
acres of premium wine grape vineyards, primarily in Monterey
County, California. The Company is in the business of selling
grapes and bulk wine to wineries producing high quality table wine.
The Company also operates a winery that currently has approximately
18,000 tons of annual processing capability, an amount that will
increase to approximately 30,000 tons upon completion of ongoing
construction, in which it crushes grapes for its own account, as
well as for outside wineries. The Company also produces a small
amount of ultra premium wine under the Scheid Vineyards label,
which is sold through the Company's tasting room, wine club, and
local-area retailers. The Class A Common Stock of Scheid Vineyards
is traded on the Pink Sheets Electric Quotation Service under the
stock symbol SVIN. The "Pink Sheets" is a centralized quotation
service that collects and publishes market maker quotes in real
time, primarily through its website, http://www.pinksheets.com/.
Forward Looking Statements This release contains forward-looking
statements as well as historical information. Statements of goals
and strategies and words such as "plan", "believe", "anticipate",
"expect", "objectives", "forecast", and "predict" and other similar
words are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These
forward looking statements are included in accordance with the
"safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995, and involve risks, uncertainties and other
factors that may cause the Company's actual results, performance,
or financial condition to be materially different from any results,
performance, or financial condition suggested by the statements in
this release. DATASOURCE: Scheid Vineyards Inc. CONTACT: Scott
Scheid, President and CEO, or Mike Thomsen, Chief Financial
Officer, both of Scheid Vineyards Inc., +1-831-455-9990 Web site:
http://www.scheidvineyards.com/
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