Former Kluge Estate Vineyards Re-opens as Trump Winery Tues. 10/4

The former Kluge Estate Vineyards south of Charlottesville will re-open Tuesday 10/4 as Trump Winery. Donald Trump bought some 1,600 acres of vineyards, a winery and related equipment, in an auction last year from Farm Credit of Virginia, who was owed some $32 million on the estate by Patricia Kluge; for less than $9 million. Wines immediately for sale will be labeled as the Kluge Estate Vineyards products carried over from the previous ownership.

Donald’s son Eric will head the new Trump Winery; Patricia Kluge and her husband Bill Moses have been hired as part of the new operation.

A Grand Opening ceremony will take place at the winery Tuesday afternoon, with both Donald and Eric Trump in attendance, along with Kluge and Moses, as well as Virginia Governor Robert McDonnell and Secretary of Agriculture Todd Haymore.