US: Trump name boosts fledgling Va wine industry
US: Trump name boosts fledgling Va wine industry
Oct 6, 2011 6
(Businessweek) - Virginia's fledgling wine industry got a global boost Tuesday from Donald Trump's millions of dollars, his celebrity and his luxury properties worldwide where wine from his new vineyard will be a staple.
Trump and Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell formally opened a winery near the presidential estates of Thomas Jefferson and James Monroe on Tuesday.
Trump paid about $8 million for the 770-acre winery and the equipment on it near Charlottesville at public auction in April from millionaire socialite Patricia Kluge, said Virginia Agriculture Secretary Todd Haymore.
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