Trump Winery

Trump Winery (formerly Kluge Estate Winery and Vineyard) 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. 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. Since 2012, it has been owned and operated by Trump's son Eric under the name Eric Trump Wine Manufacturing LLC. The 227 acres (92 ha) of vinifera varieties makes it the largest vineyard in Virginia and the largest French vinifera on the East Coast. 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.