Trump Winery

Trump Winery
LocationCharlottesville, Virginia, USA
FormerlyKluge Estate Winery and Vineyard[1]
FoundedOctober 2011
Key peopleEric Trump, owner[2]
Kerry Woolard, General Manager
Jonathan Wheeler, Winemaker
Parent companyEric Trump Wine Manufacturing LLC
DistributionInternational
TastingOpen to the public
Websitetrumpwinery.com

Trump Winery (formerly Kluge Estate Winery and Vineyard[3]) is a winery on Trump Vineyard Estates in the Piedmont region of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the county of Albemarle. It is within both the Virginia and Monticello viticultural areas and is among the 23 wineries on the Monticello Wine Trail.[4] The winery and vineyard were established by Patricia Kluge in 1999, later purchased by businessman (later U.S. President) Donald Trump in April 2011 and officially re-opened in October 2011.[5][6] Since 2012, it has been owned and operated by Trump's son Eric, under the name Eric Trump Wine Manufacturing LLC.[2][7][8] The 227 acres (92 ha) of vinifera varieties makes it the largest vineyard in Virginia and the largest French vinifera on the East Coast.[9][10] Trump Winery manufactures 36,000 cases of wine per year. It ranks behind two other Virginia wineries that produce at least 60,000 cases of wine per year.[11] The current general manager of the winery, Kerry Hannon Woolard, was a supporter of Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign and appeared as a guest speaker at the 2016 Republican National Convention as well as other campaign events.[12]

  1. ^ "Home - Trump Winery". Klugeestateonline.com. 2012. Archived from the original on March 5, 2012. Retrieved August 17, 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Legal". Trump Winery. 355 Albemarle House Drive, Charlottesville, VA 22902. Archived from the original on August 17, 2017. Retrieved August 17, 2017. Disclaimer : Trump Winery is a registered trade name of Eric Trump Wine Manufacturing LLC, which is not owned, managed or affiliated with Donald J. Trump, The Trump Organization or any of their affiliates.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Kluge was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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  6. ^ Jaglois, Jessica (October 4, 2011). "Trump Winery Opens in Albemarle County". Newsplex.com. Archived from the original on September 12, 2012. Retrieved June 19, 2012.
  7. ^ Johnson, Richard (June 15, 2015). "Donald Trump doesn't own Trump Winery, his son does" (Page Six). New York Post. Retrieved December 16, 2016.
  8. ^ Walloga, April (July 6, 2015). "Meet Donald Trump's five children". Business Insider. Retrieved December 16, 2016.
  9. ^ "13 Top Charlottesville Wineries to Visit". WTOP News. U.S. News & World Report. June 11, 2019. Trump Winery is Virginia's largest vineyard as well as the East Coast's largest French vinifera vineyard
  10. ^ McIntyre, Dave (March 2007). "Rolland's Mark on Virginia - The Bordeaux consultant remakes Patricia Kluge's estate". Wines & Vines. Archived from the original on November 16, 2023.
  11. ^ Elizalde, Elizabeth (August 15, 2017). "Trump boasts he owns one of the largest wineries in the U.S. — but here are the facts". New York Daily News.
  12. ^ "FULL SPEECH: Kerry Woolard, Trump Winery - Republican National Convention". YouTube. ABC15 Arizona. July 19, 2016. Retrieved May 27, 2017.