| Description: |
xxiv, 246 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Bibliog.: |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Subject: |
Kurniawan, Rudy, 1976-
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Swindlers and swindling -- United States -- Biography.
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Swindlers and swindling -- Indonesia -- Biography.
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Wine and wine making.
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Fraud.
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Commercial crimes.
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Wine industry.
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| Alt. Title: |
Rise and fall of a wine forger extraordinaire |
| ISBN/ISSN: |
9781615193929 (hardcover) |
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1615193928 (hardcover) |
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