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What's the deal with Trump Wine?
money.cnn.com ^ | March 11, 2016: 10:58 AM ET | Aaron Smith

Posted on 03/13/2016 3:50:19 PM PDT by Trumpinator

What's the deal with Trump Wine?

by Aaron Smith @AaronSmithCNN

Donald Trump doesn't drink but he owns his own vineyard - Trump Winery - with a landing pad for his helicopter.

CNNMoney (New York)

First published March 11, 2016: 9:18 AM ET

he site says the winery has 50,000 square feet of winemaking facilities, tank capacity of 100,000 gallons, and a 750-barrel cave. Trump also operates the vineyard's Albemarle Estate, a 26,000-square foot, 45-room mansion, as a hotel that can fetch up to $999 per night. The winery produces 40,000 cases annually and receives 100,000 visitors a year who taste its red, white and sparkling wines.

His son, Eric Trump, is the president of the winery, which still employs winemaker Jonathan Wheeler, who's been there for a decade and used to work for the Kluges.

"Toward the end of the Kluge days, there was no investment being made in equipment or personnel in order to make truly great wines," Wheeler told CNNMoney. "We have spent an enormous of time, money, and effort getting the vineyard to produce great fruit."

Prices range from $16 for a 2014 Chardonnay, to $50 for the Sparkling Reserve from 2008.

(Excerpt) Read more at money.cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: alcohol; erictrump; kluge; overpriced; swindle; trump; wine
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1 posted on 03/13/2016 3:50:19 PM PDT by Trumpinator
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To: Trumpinator

Beautiful place.


2 posted on 03/13/2016 3:51:59 PM PDT by OwenKellogg (Trump all the way.)
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To: Trumpinator

Trump does not drink any alcohol. And he never has smoked. That explains why he can hold 2 rallies in different states on most days. Amazing energy for a 69 year old.


3 posted on 03/13/2016 3:54:16 PM PDT by entropy12 (When you vote, you are actually voting for the rich donors!)
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To: Trumpinator

You can order some thru amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_c_0_10/183-6354408-1087651?url=search-alias%3Dwine&field-keywords=trump+wine&sprefix=trump+wine%2Caps%2C196


4 posted on 03/13/2016 3:54:42 PM PDT by dynachrome (We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values.)
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To: Trumpinator

Produce things? Investments? Hire people?

So much easier to be a community organizer


5 posted on 03/13/2016 3:55:54 PM PDT by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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To: Trumpinator

But the guy who knows everything and especially the value of everything calls it $5 wine. And his idiot followers laugh. The wine has won its share of awards, I know little or nothing about it and don’t care to. It’s probably a small side venture for DT. But our idiot in chief gets the final word on what’s good and what’s stupendous, like his healthcare plan.


6 posted on 03/13/2016 3:57:10 PM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder (I apologize for not apologizing.)
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To: Trumpinator

I think it is mostly to supply his hotels.


7 posted on 03/13/2016 3:58:53 PM PDT by Spunky (Trump says: I am GREEDY! GREEDY! GREEDY! I want to be GREEDY for the U.S.)
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8 posted on 03/13/2016 3:59:40 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Facing Trump nomination inevitability, folks are now openly trying to help Hillary destroy him.)
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To: Trumpinator

There is a man who owns about 8 hair styling shops in the town I live in.

He was never a hair stylist or never graduated from hair styling school.
Apparently, he is just a businessman.


9 posted on 03/13/2016 3:59:59 PM PDT by tennmountainman ("Prophet Mountainman" Predicter Of All Things RINO...for a small pittance)
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10 posted on 03/13/2016 4:00:08 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Facing Trump nomination inevitability, folks are now openly trying to help Hillary destroy him.)
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To: Trumpinator

Eric is carrying on as an honest to goodness capitalist entrepreneur and he also happens to be a serious gun advocate, a real tribute to an amazing father.


11 posted on 03/13/2016 4:03:57 PM PDT by iontheball
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To: Trumpinator

I didn’t know anything about it till Zippybama mentioned it the other day. Now I have to get some.


12 posted on 03/13/2016 4:06:08 PM PDT by stylecouncilor ("The future ain't what it used to be." Yogi Berra)
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To: Trumpinator

I’ve had the Trump Champagne (Sparkling Wine) and it’s as good as some of the better French varieties. I supposed I shouldn’t have been surprised. Most of the Trump products - and I’m talking about resorts and clubs - that I have personally seen and or experienced have been exceptional.


13 posted on 03/13/2016 4:08:42 PM PDT by BlueCat
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Trump wine is my competition, but even his detractors in the wine business admit his sparkling is one of the best. He makes a complete new business that supplies his hotels. Pretty smart and Trump winery is the biggest in VA...maybe the east coast


14 posted on 03/13/2016 4:14:12 PM PDT by gr8eman (Don't waste your energy trying to understand commies. Use it to defeat them!)
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To: Attention Surplus Disorder

I want some inexpensive, and not too dry, Trump wine, say, $20 or under. Not getting luck chasing links. Found one?


15 posted on 03/13/2016 4:16:26 PM PDT by Bethaneidh (Likely to annoy someone every time. Get over it.)
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To: Attention Surplus Disorder

Frack Obama and the camel he rode in on.


16 posted on 03/13/2016 4:25:53 PM PDT by Trumpinator ("Are you Batman?" the boy asked. "I am Batman," Trump said.)
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To: Trumpinator

“Frack Obama and the camel he rode in on.”

And his sidekick Willard, too.


17 posted on 03/13/2016 4:28:37 PM PDT by Psalm 144 (Oily Felito, the mouthpiece of globalist Yeb.)
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To: Trumpinator; AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; ...
I think Jeb has always made that sound, but Trump is his current woe-is-me.

18 posted on 03/13/2016 4:28:54 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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To: Attention Surplus Disorder
But the average obama supporter loves $5 wine!

Preferably served wrapped ala brown bag de papier.

And purchased with an EBT card.

19 posted on 03/13/2016 4:29:00 PM PDT by boop ("A Republic, if you can keep it."-Franklin, 1787. "We couldn't keep it"-America, 2016)
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To: 2banana

Rush Limbaugh this past week called Trump’s wine, “vinegar.” I have no idea what the context was since after 25+ years of faithful listening I have hardly listened lately to Rush.


20 posted on 03/13/2016 4:31:31 PM PDT by gg188 (Ted Cruz, R - Goldman Sachs)
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