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    Rich People Are Ruining Wine

    … and Napa Valley is forever changing as a result.
    by James Conaway Mar 06, 2018 4 minutes
    Source: Robert Galbraith / Reuters

    Seven years ago, Donald Trump bought a vineyard and winery in Albemarle County, Virginia, a few miles south of Monticello. The property had belonged to the ex-wife of John Kluge, the late founder of Metromedia (which later transformed into Fox News) and once the richest man in America. Kluge’s 1,300-acre property went to his former wife, Patricia, in a divorce settlement, and it was she who had the vineyard planted and a small winery built.

    According to Trump’s son, Eric, his father doesn’t drink and bought the property because In so doing, Trump joined the ranks of a relatively new class in America, the “lifestyle vintner,” a type of hobbyist investor who makes money in

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