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In Vino Duplicitas: The Rise and Fall of a Wine Forger Extraordinaire
In Vino Duplicitas: The Rise and Fall of a Wine Forger Extraordinaire
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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 burgundyamp;mdash;dating as far back as 1945amp;mdash;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 charactersamp;mdash;including a Kansas-born billionaire, a wine-loving young prosecutor, and a crusty FBI agentamp;mdash;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 manamp;mdash;with little experience and few connectionsamp;mdash;ensnared the world's top winemakers, sellers, and drinkers in a web of deceit?
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 burgundyamp;mdash;dating as far back as 1945amp;mdash;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 charactersamp;mdash;including a Kansas-born billionaire, a wine-loving young prosecutor, and a crusty FBI agentamp;mdash;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 manamp;mdash;with little experience and few connectionsamp;mdash;ensnared the world's top winemakers, sellers, and drinkers in a web of deceit?
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