Trump Winery ( formerly Kluge Estate Winery and Vineyard ) is a Virginia winery situated on Trump Vineyard Estates in Charlottesville , Virginia . The vineyard was purchased by businessman ( now U.S. President ) Donald Trump in April 2011 and was officially re-opened in October 2011 . Since 2012 , it has been owned and operated by Trump 's son Eric , under the name Eric Trump Wine Manufacturing LLC . Trump Winery manufactures 36,000 cases of wine per year . Donald Trump has referred to it as " one of the largest wineries in the United States " . It ranks behind two other Virginia wineries that produce at least 60,000 cases of wine per year . The current General Manager of the winery , Kerry Hannon Woolard , was a supporter of Donald Trump 's 2016 presidential campaign and appeared as a guest speaker at the 2016 Republican National Convention as well as other campaign events
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