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In vino duplicitas, the rise and fall of a wine forger extraordinaire, Peter Hellman

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In vino duplicitas, the rise and fall of a wine forger extraordinaire, Peter Hellman

Language

eng

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Includes bibliographical references

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individual biography

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illustrationsplates

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

In vino duplicitas

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

958413717

Responsibility statement

Peter Hellman

Sub title

the rise and fall of a wine forger extraordinaire

Summary

Nobody can know them all, certainly not Rudy Kurniawan, who never set eyes on Burgundy. In the end, it was his imprecise knowledge of a particular domaine's history that tripped him up. It happened amid extreme merriment, one spring evening, in New York. The mistakes that he made, minuscule and highly arcane, upended his life. Also upended would be the practices and pleasures of seekers after rare old wine

Table Of Contents

Becoming Dr. Conti -- Underside of an auction -- The man from Morey-Saint-Denis -- The auctioneer -- Collapse of the con -- The sheriff -- The takedown -- Before a jury of his peers -- Aftershocks

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Rise and fall of a wine forger extraordinaire

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