Comments on: The wine fraud story in Vanity Fair http://www.drvino.com/2012/06/12/wine-fraud-counterfeiting-rudy-vanity-fair/ wine talk that goes down easy Thu, 23 May 2013 16:33:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: RobinC http://www.drvino.com/2012/06/12/wine-fraud-counterfeiting-rudy-vanity-fair/#comment-389580 RobinC Fri, 15 Jun 2012 01:41:43 +0000 http://www.drvino.com/?p=11018#comment-389580 What isn’t amazing? Still, there is no information on where Rudy got his money initially and what happend to all the money he defrauded people out of. And what his background is.

]]> By: Movie rights sold for "A Vintage Crime" | Dr Vino's wine blog http://www.drvino.com/2012/06/12/wine-fraud-counterfeiting-rudy-vanity-fair/#comment-389359 Movie rights sold for "A Vintage Crime" | Dr Vino's wine blog Thu, 14 Jun 2012 03:53:04 +0000 http://www.drvino.com/?p=11018#comment-389359 [...] has purchased the movie rights to “A Vintage Crime,” a story by Mike Steinberger about wine counterfeiting that appeared yesterday on VanityFair.com. Edward Milstein and Bill Todman Jr. co-founded Level 1, [...]

]]> By: Dave Erickson http://www.drvino.com/2012/06/12/wine-fraud-counterfeiting-rudy-vanity-fair/#comment-389138 Dave Erickson Wed, 13 Jun 2012 04:20:05 +0000 http://www.drvino.com/?p=11018#comment-389138 “Rudy has been advised by someone with extensive knowledge of a very complicated Burgundy. I know who it is, but in the current state of the investigation, I keep this information secret. Rudy himself should denounce his informants and his accomplices.”

That’s quite a claim. I wonder when M. Ponsot will feel able to divulge the identity of the Mystery Advisor.

On other fronts: Golly, I sure wish I knew people I could call on the phone who’d lend me a million dollars.

]]> By: Dermot Nolan MW http://www.drvino.com/2012/06/12/wine-fraud-counterfeiting-rudy-vanity-fair/#comment-388985 Dermot Nolan MW Tue, 12 Jun 2012 13:26:28 +0000 http://www.drvino.com/?p=11018#comment-388985 I find all these stories intriguing, including “The Billionaire’s Vinegar”, mainly for highlighting a mix of greed, vanity, ignorance and wealth.
Put people with these characteristics together and something’s going to give eventually. Basically, collectors (real or criminal) drive up prices with the end result that most of us never get to see any of these wines, thereby setting the scene for counterfeiters to exploit the large gap between knowledge and wealth.
Oh well, c’est la vie!

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