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January 2015 Wines&Vines 151 wine east wine industry news Natural Corks Champagne Corks Twinline Corks Bartops VISION Synthetic Corks G-Cap® Screw Caps Sales Representatives: Chris & Liz Stamp info@lakewoodcork.com lakewoodcork.com 4024 State Route 14 Watkins Glen, NY 14891 607-535-9252 607-535-6656 Fax PIONEER INNOVATOR PARTNER C harlottesville, Va.—When the Kluge Estate Winery and Vine- yard in Charlottesville, Va., went into foreclosure in October 2010, Piedmont Virginia Community College (PVCC) had a problem. On Sept. 16 of that year, the college had named a new science center on campus the Kluge- Moses Science Building, in recognition of a $1.2 million gift Patricia Kluge and her husband William Moses made to PVCC in 2005. Their gift was the largest single contribution ever received by the school, and it allowed the community college to outfit the building with ex- pensive technology it otherwise would not have been able to afford. When the Kluge Winery, owned by Kluge and Moses, was sold at auction in 2011, it was unknown whether their gift to PVCC had been paid in full. As of today, we know the answer: It was not. On Nov. 18, PVCC's board and the college's president, Frank Friedman, issued a press release announcing that the viticulture pro- gram at PVCC would be named the "Patricia Kluge and William Moses Viticulture Pro- gram." The Kluge-Moses Science Building will be renamed the PVCC Science Building, at least until another large-scale contribution is received by the college. According to Friedman, PVCC "policy re- quires a gift of $1 million to name the building." Friedman recognized the contributions of Kluge and Moses to PVCC's viticulture program, and stated, "Their passion for the wine industry was felt throughout Virginia, and their early support was instrumental to the success of PVCC's viticulture program. Thanks to their generosity, t h e K l u g e - M o s e s Fo u n d a t i o n ' s $600,000 gift to PVCC is one of the largest ever received by the college." Recognizing the renaming oppor- tunity presented by the PVCC Science Building, the PVCC board requested Friedman and the development office "seek long-term donor support to benefit the outstanding and innova- tive science and health science pro- grams at PVCC." In 2011 Donald Trump purchased the Kluge Estate Winery and Vine- yard property from Farm Credit of the Virginias and renamed it Trump Winery. The acquisition, which in- cluded the winery and 776 acres of land, cost Trump $6.2 million (or less than $8,000 per acre). Trump retained Kluge as vice president of operations and Moses as general manager of the property. Kluge left the Trump Winery in June 2012. She and Moses now live in New York. —Linda Jones McKee College to Take Kluge Name Off Building The Kluge-Moses Science Building at Piedmont Virginia Community College will be renamed the PVCC Science Building.