Stock of Bottled, Sur Latte, In Tank Sparkling & Still Wine, Machinery/Equipment and Intellectual Property

Offer Deadline:

Offers Invited

Acquisition Opportunity

Established in 1971, Carr Taylor has held a unique position in the English wine Industry, developing what is considered one of the country’s first examples of English Sparking Wine. The company’s product line has expanded over the years and the wines have won numerous accolades, including 32 awards since 2020. Hilco are instructed by the Liquidators of the company to market the assets – with offers invited for all or certain assets. The freehold property is also available – details on request.

The Business Assets

Stock:

  • Fruit Wine: Cherry – 31 cases, ginger – 47 cases (in bond)
  • Unlabelled in Stillage: ‘1066’ still wine – 1710 bottles
  • Sur Latte Sparkling: 2018 – 2023, Pinot, Brut, Demi, Rose – 6,887 cases
  • In Tank: Still – 6,786 litres, Fruit Wine – 5,000 litres, Still (out of condition) – 22,948 litres
    *1 case = 12 bottles

Machinery & Equipment:

The company owned assets used for growing, wine production, the visitor centre etc including:

Mobile Grape Presses, Twin Wine Bin Remuage Rotular / Turner, Wine Blending Vessel, 10 Fibreglass Wine Tanks, Declouder Filter Press, Centrifuge, Heat Exchanger, Oak Barrels, Pallet Turner, Diesel Fork Lift, Grape Harvesting Trailers, New Holland Tractor (2003), David Brown Vintage Tractor

Intellectual Property:

  • The Renowned Brand/Goodwill
  • Customer Database of c. 1640 Subscribers
  • Web domain: www.carr-taylor.co.uk and Copyright in the Website
  • Social Media Accounts: Instagram, LinkedIn
  • Wine Protocol and Recipe Catalogue

Sale Process and Further Information

The deadline for offers is Tuesday 19 August 2025 at 12pm BST.

Terms and Conditions

No warranties, express or implied, are provided in relation to any information or statements made in connection to this opportunity. The information contained herein, and within the project dataroom, has not been verified by Hilco and prospective purchasers must undertake their own due diligence to satisfy themselves as to the accuracy of all such information and any statements made. Hilco acts as agent for the Vendor who offers for sale only such right, title and interest the Company possesses in the assets.

Hilco’s full Terms and Conditions apply.

Contacts

Sophie Felstead

Analyst

London Office

+44 (0) 7394 802845

[email protected]

Anthony Hart MRICS FNARA

Associate Director

London Office

+44 (0) 7513 822654

[email protected]

Nick Hughes MRICS

Senior Director

London Office

+44 (0) 7979 541238

[email protected]