Consolidated Real Estate Joint Ventures (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Sep. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2013	Mar. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Sep. 30, 2012	Jun. 30, 2012	Mar. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2013 VinREIT LLC [Member] vineyards wineries	Dec. 31, 2012 VinREIT LLC [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 VinREIT LLC [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 VinREIT Global Wine Partners GWP [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 VinREIT Global Wine Partners GWP [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 VinREIT Global Wine Partners GWP [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Suffolk Retail Llc Member	Dec. 21, 2011 Suffolk Retail Llc Member developmentproject properties
Consolidated Real Estate Joint Venture [Line Items]
Wholly owned subsidiary percentage in net assets												96.00%
Number Of Wineries Owned												1
Number Of Vineyards Owned												1
Origination Fee Percentage On Winery And Vineyard Investments															1.00%
Percentage Of Annual Cash Flow Of VinREIT After Charge For Debt Service															4.00%
Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interest									$ 0	$ 108,000	$ 38,000	$ 6,200,000	$ 21,200,000	$ 39,900,000	$ 0	$ 108,000	$ 38,000
Proceeds from Distributions Received from Real Estate Partnerships												3,500,000	11,300,000	9,700,000
Proceeds from sale of real estate									797,000	0	0	45,400,000	40,600,000	19,500,000
Distributions Payable to Real Estate Partnerships														90,900,000
Variable Interest Entity, Qualitative or Quantitative Information, Ownership Percentage																			50.00%
Real Estate, Number of Completed Development Phases																			3
Number of Properties Adjacent to Development of Real Estate																			1
Construction and Development Costs																			20,200,000
Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Parent	$ 57,091,000	$ 37,551,000	$ 26,524,000	$ 35,254,000	$ 18,843,000	$ 28,149,000	$ 30,797,000	$ 15,371,000	$ 180,226,000	$ 121,556,000	$ 115,228,000							$ 645,000