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Commitments and contingencies The Company has certain grape purchase contracts with various growers to supply a significant portion of its future grape requirements for wine production. The lengths of the contracts typically vary from one to eight years, and prices per ton are either determined at the outset for the contract duration or are negotiated annually. The Company's grape purchase contracts generally include acceptance provisions based on qualitative and quantitative grape quality characteristics. For the 2022 harvest, the Company contracted for approximately 32,000 tons of grapes at an estimated cost of approximately $68.7 million, subject to the final determination of yield quantities and our quality acceptance provisions being met. For the 2021 harvest, the Company purchased 34,000 tons of grapes at a cost of approximately $68.1 million, which was recognized in inventory during the year ended July 31, 2022. For the 2020 harvest, the Company purchased 12,000 tons of grapes at a cost of approximately $26.5 million, which was recognized in inventory during the year ended July 31, 2021. Purchase commitments The Company has ongoing commitments to purchase approximately 8,553 barrels for a total of $8.8 million, of which approximately $7.3 million will be paid in Euros. In order to reduce the foreign exchange risk associated with the Euro to U.S. Dollar conversion rate, the Company entered into foreign currency forward contracts aligning settlement dates with expected barrel delivery and the anticipated payments to various coopers. The Company does not enter into these contracts for speculative purposes. Gains and losses on these contracts are recorded in the Consolidated Statements of Operations. See Note 10 (Derivative instruments) for the total notional value and impact on the current period consolidated financial statements due to foreign currency forward contracts. The Company enters into various contracts with third-parties for custom crush, storage and mobile bottling services. The costs related to these contracts are recorded in the period the service is provided. The contracts for custom crush services typically have minimums that the Company is required to pay if certain grape volume thresholds are not delivered. The Company does not record these minimums related to service contracts as contingent liabilities on the Consolidated Statements of Financial Position given the harvest yield size, resulting volumes and qualities of grape deliveries are not known or estimable until harvest, when all related contingencies would be resolved. COVID-19 In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared a global pandemic due to the spread of COVID-19, the disease caused by a strain of virus. The Company incurred incremental costs during periods of capacity restrictions or mandatory closure totaling $0.7 million and $1.4 million for the fiscal years ended July 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. These costs include tasting room expenses and other immaterial costs. The estimates and assumptions made by Management to quantify the effect of COVID-19 disruption were based on available information at the time each assumption was made. No costs were incurred for the year ended July 31, 2022. The COVID-19 pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic which continues to evolve. At this time, the Company is unable to fully estimate the long-term impacts to the business, financial condition, operational results or future cash flows, as the pandemic is ongoing in all markets in which the Company operates. Contingent liabilities The Company evaluates pending or threatened litigation, operational events which could result in regulatory or civil penalties, environmental risks and other sources of potential contingent liabilities during the year. In accordance with applicable accounting guidance, the Company establishes an accrued liability when those matters present loss contingencies which are both probable and reasonably estimable. For the years ended July 31, 2022 and 2021, there were no material contingent obligations requiring accrual or disclosure. In the ordinary course of business, the Company enters into agreements containing standard indemnification provisions. The aggregate maximum potential future liability of the Company under such indemnification provisions is uncertain, as these involve potential future claims against the Company that have not occurred. The Company expects the risk of any future obligations under these indemnification provisions to be remote. As of the fiscal years ended July 31, 2022 and 2021, no amounts have been accrued related to such indemnification provisions.
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