Plus, winery owned by Ilhan Omar's husband folds a year after Omar said it was worth millions—and Harvard board chair Penny Pritzker has a new podcast sponsored by Harvard's audit firm
The situation regarding Rep. Ilhan Omar’s husband, Tim Mynett, and his winery, eStCru LLC, is more of a financial and legal tangled web than a booming wine business. If you’re looking for a sales record, you won't find a "bottles sold" ticker, because the business appears to have hit a wall long before it became a household name.
Here is the "brutal truth" regarding the winery’s operations and its recent "mysterious" activity:
The Winery That Wasn't Really a Winery
The company, eStCru, wasn't a sprawling vineyard with a tasting room. It was a "virtual" winery. Mynett and his partner, Will Hailer, reportedly acquired a surplus of grapes and hired an outside winemaker to turn them into $35 bottles of wine.
Production: While an exact number of bottles sold hasn't been publicly released, the winemaker reported that operations stopped abruptly in early 2023 because the money simply ran out.
The "Mysterious" Closure: The winery didn't just close; it was hit with a lawsuit from a D.C. restaurateur who claimed he was defrauded of $300,000. He alleged he was promised a 200% return that never materialized.
The Financial "Magic Trick"
The real "mystery" that caught the eye of the House Oversight Committee wasn't the wine, but the math.
The Valuation Jump: In 2023, Omar’s financial disclosures valued the winery and an associated investment firm at roughly $51,000.
The $30 Million Spike: By 2024, the reported value of these firms jumped to between $6 million and $30 million.
The "Accounting Error": Just days ago, in April 2026, Omar filed an amended disclosure citing an "accounting error." The multi-million dollar valuation was revised down to "none." ### Summary of "Sales"
Based on the lawsuits and the winemaker's testimony:
Revenue: Mynett’s reported income from the winery was listed between $5,000 and $15,000.
Conclusion: At $35 a bottle, that suggests a very small number of actual sales (perhaps a few hundred cases at most) before the "reserve was no longer there" and the legal fees started piling up.
It seems the venture was less about vintage grapes and more about a vintage case of over-promising and under-delivering.
Hasan Piker's self-portrayal as a modern day Robin Hood is so typical of the extreme left, trying to "hoodwink" the general population that their cause is "noble". Only through scrutiny is this mirage is dissipated. Just another democrat scam is what it is truly is.
SPLC flim-flammed? I hardly doubt. Democrats are innately duplicitous. How embarrassing for our knowledgeable celebrities to now know that their thoughtful donations were going to such baddies! And, they have the nerve to lecture the general public about what's good for the U.S.?
A winery has to make wine to be profitable! The real question is why is Omar still in Congress and in this Country? Deport the crooked B!tch!
"Fall from grapes" - OK that was witty!
Soured grapes is more apt. I suspect that money is being laundered or it was a deception to attract investors is likely.
The situation regarding Rep. Ilhan Omar’s husband, Tim Mynett, and his winery, eStCru LLC, is more of a financial and legal tangled web than a booming wine business. If you’re looking for a sales record, you won't find a "bottles sold" ticker, because the business appears to have hit a wall long before it became a household name.
Here is the "brutal truth" regarding the winery’s operations and its recent "mysterious" activity:
The Winery That Wasn't Really a Winery
The company, eStCru, wasn't a sprawling vineyard with a tasting room. It was a "virtual" winery. Mynett and his partner, Will Hailer, reportedly acquired a surplus of grapes and hired an outside winemaker to turn them into $35 bottles of wine.
Production: While an exact number of bottles sold hasn't been publicly released, the winemaker reported that operations stopped abruptly in early 2023 because the money simply ran out.
The "Mysterious" Closure: The winery didn't just close; it was hit with a lawsuit from a D.C. restaurateur who claimed he was defrauded of $300,000. He alleged he was promised a 200% return that never materialized.
The Financial "Magic Trick"
The real "mystery" that caught the eye of the House Oversight Committee wasn't the wine, but the math.
The Valuation Jump: In 2023, Omar’s financial disclosures valued the winery and an associated investment firm at roughly $51,000.
The $30 Million Spike: By 2024, the reported value of these firms jumped to between $6 million and $30 million.
The "Accounting Error": Just days ago, in April 2026, Omar filed an amended disclosure citing an "accounting error." The multi-million dollar valuation was revised down to "none." ### Summary of "Sales"
Based on the lawsuits and the winemaker's testimony:
Revenue: Mynett’s reported income from the winery was listed between $5,000 and $15,000.
Conclusion: At $35 a bottle, that suggests a very small number of actual sales (perhaps a few hundred cases at most) before the "reserve was no longer there" and the legal fees started piling up.
It seems the venture was less about vintage grapes and more about a vintage case of over-promising and under-delivering.
Or washing that stolen money
Hasan Piker's self-portrayal as a modern day Robin Hood is so typical of the extreme left, trying to "hoodwink" the general population that their cause is "noble". Only through scrutiny is this mirage is dissipated. Just another democrat scam is what it is truly is.
SPLC flim-flammed? I hardly doubt. Democrats are innately duplicitous. How embarrassing for our knowledgeable celebrities to now know that their thoughtful donations were going to such baddies! And, they have the nerve to lecture the general public about what's good for the U.S.?