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16 Dec – According to one report, a total of five hectares in Castellina in Chianti has been sequestered by the authorities. This is prime Chianti Classico land, but the five hectares are not... |
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The pace of investigation into fake wines seems to be hotting up with Bill Koch relentlessly pursuing all that he thinks have sold him fraudulent bottles. See the latest Wine Spectator... |
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I am told that there is another major incident in the American fine wine market involving a very considerable consignment of wine sold by one individual to another in the US. Auction house A... |
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16 Sep - Updated below and see a very interesting light on the subject of authenticating old rare wine on our members' forum . I must say I'm amazed that there has not been more... |
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Billionaire William Koch, who is already engaged in a lengthy pursuit of Hardy Rodenstock over the allegedly fake Thomas Jefferson bottles, filed an official complaint in Los Angeles yesterday... |
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I am completely re-evaluating my collection of wine memorabilia in the light of the news that empty bottles that once were filled with valuable wine have been traded on eBay for as much as 100... |
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This book may be subtitled 'The Mystery of the World's Most Expensive Bottle of Wine' but I am deeply indebted to Benjamin Wallace, author of the latest account of the Rodenstock affair, The... |
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Anyone remotely interested in fine wine should read this excellent article on Wine Spectator's website. Energetically run by the relatively youthful John Kapon, Acker Merrall & Condit... |
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See also this thread in members' forum. We are all against wine fraud – right? In the UK my colleague Jim Budd does an admirable job highlighting characters who encourage investment... |
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As you may imagine, I have amassed far more material on the subject of wine fraud than worked its way past the FT’s lawyers for publication here last Saturday. I was a bit alarmed... |
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See also Howard G Goldberg's report on the latest report in Der Stern. Wine, liquid and unpredictable, could hardly be easier to doctor unfortunately, even to a standard... |
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'Mr Big' has of course turned out to be Rudy Kurniawan, now being pursued by Bill Koch, as outlined in Acker & Rudy. , as Last October in New York I witnessed the most... |
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Sanjeev Shukla, St Albans: I'm a new member to your website - lots of invaluable information in the purple pages for us newbies! I have a specific question... |
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Damien Casten, Candid Wines, IL: In response to the daydream about RFID tags on bottles of Pétrus mentioned in the 2005 Bordeaux futures piece and your... |
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Martin Nettleton, UK: If someone were to offer one a bottle of DRC 1997 (say), how would one go... |
