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In Vino Duplicitas - The Rise and Fall of a Wine Forger Extraordinaire (Hardcover)
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In Vino Duplicitas - The Rise and Fall of a Wine Forger Extraordinaire (Hardcover)
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"An engrossing account of wine fraud and forgery . . . Hellman
clearly knows his stuff."--The Wall Street Journal "[Hellman]
presents . . . the macho, competitive, one-upmanship world of the
collectors, an atmosphere that perhaps contributed to their
gullibility in the high-rolling economy of the early 2000s."--The
New York Times "Heady, intoxicating . . . shines a light on the
esoteric and intriguing world of ultrarare, ultrafine
wines."--Foreword, starred review "In Vino Duplicitas is a
cautionary tale of how we can let the romance of wine get the
better of us. . . . None of us are immune."--Washington Post Few
gain entry to the privileged world of ultrafine wines, where
billionaires flock to exclusive auction houses to vie for the
scarce surviving bottles from truly legendary years. But Rudy
Kurniawan, an unknown twentysomething from Indonesia, was blessed
with two gifts that opened doors: a virtuoso palate for wine
tasting, and access to a seemingly limitless (if mysterious) supply
of the world's most coveted wines. After bursting onto the scene in
2002, Kurniawan quickly became the leading purveyor of rare wines
to the American elite. But in April 2008, his lots of Domaine
Ponsot Clos Saint-Denis red burgundy--dating as far back as
1945--were abruptly pulled from auction. The problem? The winemaker
was certain that this particular burgundy was first produced only
in 1982. Journalist Peter Hellman was there, and he would closely
investigate as a singular cast of characters--including a
Kansas-born billionaire and self-proclaimed "hoarder," a dignified
Burgundian winemaker, a wine-loving young prosecutor, and a crusty
FBI agent who prepared for the case by reading French Wine for
Dummies--worked to unravel the biggest con in wine history. Whether
driven by the love of wine or of justice, all were asking the same
question: Was the mild-mannered Kurniawan himself a dupe? Or had
one young man--with little experience and few connections--ensnared
the world's top winemakers, sellers, and drinkers in a web of
deceit?
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