and vineyard 1 is a virginia winery situated on trump vineyard estates in charlottesville va. the vineyard was purchased by donald trump in april 2011 2 and was officially re opened in october 2011 . 3 donald trump gave the winery to his son eric trump . it is currently held by eric trump wine manufacturing llc 4 5 and is no longer affiliated with the trump organization . 6 as president and owner of trump winery eric trump oversees everything from wine making and marketing to global distribution and sales . 7 contents 1 acquisition controversies 2 awards 3 references 4 external links acquisition controversies edit donald trump has been accused of having deliberately driven down the value of the vineyard prior to purchasing it out of foreclosure from patricia kluge a former nude model and former wife of american billionaire john kluge . after their divorce in 1990 she spent much of her remaining fortune over the following two decades developing it into a winery and expanding its production . she and her new husband also took out 65 million in loans to fund the expansion . 8 in 2011 the couple defaulted on the loans . 8 9 bank of america acquired the mortgage on the mansion itself but the surrounding property was still held in a kluge family trust . trump a longstanding friend of patricia kluge bought the 200 acres surrounding the property directly from the trust for less than 500 000 . the bank later alleged that trump subsequently arranged for no trespassing signs to be placed around the property and to allow the lawns to become overgrown in order to ward off potential buyers and give the appearance of trump s exclusive access to the property although the bank s property interest in the main house included right of way easements . trump then purchased the land from bank of america for 3.6 million a significant discount to the 16 million the bank had paid at the foreclosure auction to retain the property 10 and to kluge s original 100 million asking price in the prior year . 8 in march 2016 donald trump stated publicly that he owned the largest winery on the east coast at a time when the winery s website asserted that it was owned by eric trump wineries llc and despite previous reports that trump had given the winery to his son . 11 4 5 awards edit before trump acquired the winery it had already won over 21 awards throughout the united states and the world . it received 10 gold standard awards including the best sparkling wines in the world award with kluge sp ros . in march 2013 wine enthusiast magazine gave the 2007 trump sp reserve a 91 point rating . this is the highest rating ever given to any still or sparkling virginia wine . 12 references edit morgan brennan 2011 03 10 . the rise and fall of patricia kluge . forbes . retrieved 2016 07 12 . annie gowen 2011 02 25 . trump buys former kluge owned winery . the washington post . retrieved 2012 06 19 . trump winery opens in albemarle county . newsplex.com . 2011 10 04 . retrieved 2012 06 19 . a b http pagesix.com 2015 06 15 donald trump doesn t own trump winery his son does a b http www.businessinsider.com meet donald trumps five children 2015 7 brett neely march 9 2016 . trump doesn t own most of the products he pitched last night . npr . retrieved march 10 2016 . http www.trumpwinery.com winery our team a b c brennan morgan 2011 03 10 . the rise and fall of patricia kluge . retrieved 2016 09 26 . where did all the money go former nude model who became richest divorcee in history declares herself bankrupt . retrieved 2016 09 26 . frank robert 2011 07 01 . donald trump picks up patricia kluge s virginia assets wsj.com . online.wsj.com . retrieved 2012 06 19 . rothbaum noah 2016 03 10 . trump wine is built on acres of lies . the daily beast . the daily beast . retrieved 2016 09 26 . berninger jack 2013 03 24 . vines and wines trump winery s 2007 sp reserve timesdispatch.com . online.timesdispatch.com . retrieved 2013 04 04 . external links edit official website v t e 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