Estate once priced at 100 Million Trump buys for a Song
He is smarter than Mittens
Yeah, Virginia wines have not been know to be the most sought after. We used to grin when someone would tell us “local” wines were available.
Now NY is different, wines here have been pretty decent for a long while. Swedish Hill, for example, does a few really nice wines and a respectable everyday sparkling.
Yep. And I thought it was hysterical and sort of ironic that the stakes were from a company called Bush Brothers. You just can’t make that stuff up – No wait – Trump can. : ),
http://www.bush-brothers.com/index.html
As for those Trump Stakes that aren’t Trump Stakes but are Trump’s steaks since presumably he paid Bush Brothers for them and for the fact he had them pulled them out of the walk in cooler at his club, Trump Steaks were sold exclusively through Sharper Image in 2007 but quickly disappeared due to lack of interest/sales and similarly to Trump Vodka.
Trump Water is simply a private labeling arrangement for his properties. I could have .45 Long Colt water branded today.
It is from a bottled water company in Connecticut that sells bottled water and that you can order in bulk “with your own private label“:
http://www.villagespringswater.com/index.html
Heck the salon where I get my hair done gives their customers bottled water with the salon’s name and logo on the label.
The “magazine” – “Jewel of Palm Beach”, is an annually-produced pamphlet about his club in Palm Beach and only available at his Mar-A-Lago resort and properties in NYC. You won’t find it on any newsstand nor can you order a subscription.
As for Trump Wine? “Yes” and “No” on that one.
Trump Winery (formerly "Kluge Vineyard and Estate") is a Virginia winery situated on Trump Vineyard Estates in Charlottesville, VA. The vineyard was purchased by American business mogul Donald Trump in April 2011 and was officially opened in October 2011. President Eric Trump, Donald Trump's son, oversees everything from winemaking and marketing to global distribution and sales. Donald Trump no longer owns Trump Winery as he gave it to his son Eric.
Estate once priced at 100 Million Trump buys for a Song. He is smarter than Mittens.
Perhaps but you can’t say Trump is more ethical.
Trump bought the 1,300-acre vineyard and winery for a fraction of its original value. He was criticized for his unethical behavior during this acquisition. He began by buying the 200 acres surrounding the property for less than $500,000. He then placed "No Trespassing" signs around the property. This warded off potential buyers and gave Trump exclusive access to the property. This forced the property into foreclosure and gave Trump the opportunity to buy the land from Bank of America for $3.6 million, a small fraction of the property's real worth ($12M). Development and renovation of the property was given to Eric Trump, who also supervised the acquisition.
He basically cut a deal with the form owner, Patricia Kluge to screw the bank that held the mortgage on the property, by having Kluge and her son sell off parcels around the house and vineyards for a song including the driveway to the property and then posting no-trespassing signs and letting the lawns go to seed so other potential buyers would be frightened off.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304314404576413984028888352