Patricia Kluge Talks Wine
Patricia Kluge Talks Wine
Aug 14, 2012 6
(Wines&Vines) - Patricia Kluge, who founded and lost one of Virginia’s largest and most prestigious wineries, has endured a couple of rough years. The bank foreclosed on Kluge Vineyards in December 2010 and sold off her carefully nurtured wines at bargain bin prices. The following year, she and her husband, attorney William Moses, declared bankruptcy. Their palatial home and furnishings hit the auction block. Last year, Donald “no introduction needed” Trump purchased the winery from the bank, bragging he’d got it at a bargain $6.2 million, which included 776 acres (200-plus planted to vinifera vines) and a winery equipped with high-end gear specified by Kluge’s famed consultant Michel Rolland.
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