SPIT: celebrity wine
Buzzfeed asks sommelier Michael Madrigale to taste and rate celebrity wines in a blind tasting. Hilarity ensues.
SIPPED: hermaphroditic Himalayan elderberries
A funny send-up of tasting note terms from Keith Levenberg .
SPIT: say pleas
Rudy Kurniawan went before a Manhattan judge yesterday; trial is set to start September 9, or thereabouts. [ AFP ]
True headline: "Your Wine Habit Is Threatening Endangered Pandas" # rolleyes
SPIT: The NRA has a wine club ?! Ack. I'm sure all the wines will be high caliber...
SPIT: Rudy Kurniawan ‘s attempt to have the DOJ's evidence against his alleged wine counterfeiting was disallowed by the judge. Now the defendant must prepare to stand trial or change his not guilty plea.
SPIT: Orange wines , the skin-fermented once hot among hipsters, get crushed by sommelier Richard Betts who argues succinctly, " Tecate > orange wines." Other sommeliers pile on in the piece.
The US Justice Department has accused Rudy Kurniawan of attempting to suppress evidence and has filed a motion defending its search of the alleged wine fraudster's home.
- Dr Vino's wine blog: Kurniawan house photos
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- JancisRobinson.com: How Rudy did it (Free for all)
- Daily Wine News: Ponsot: "Kurniawan had an accomplice" (US)
- Berrys' Wine Blog: Fakes, Forgeries and Fine Wine
…wine fraud have brought to the forefront the importance of provenance. The high profile arrest of Rudy Kurniawan earlier this year, exposed one of the greatest cases of fine wine fraud. The commitment from Laurent Ponsot of Domaine Ponsot to protect the name of his estate and expose the fraudulent dealing of Rudy Kurniawan should be applauded.
It started in 2008, when Laurent Ponsot requested the withdrawal of a number of rare bottles from his domaine at an Acker Merrall & Condit…
- Dr Vino's wine blog: More on Rudy K's arrest on counterfeiting charges
- Daily Wine News: Ponsot: "Kurniawan had an accomplice" (US)
Yesterday's article in the San Francisco Chronicle about a woman who can tell a counterfeit collectible wine from the real thing is certainly current, which no doubt is why the Chron ran with it.
Her name is Maureen Downey, and she can determine if "your Romanee-Conti, Lafite or Sassicaia might not be legit." Of course, there's been a lot of other news lately over fake expensive wine, with some bloggers going apeshit over Rudy Kurniawan . It's …
Laurent Ponsot of Domaine Ponsot in Burgundy has spoken out about the Rudy Kurniawan wine fraud case, claiming he knows the identity of an accomplice in the collector's alleged crimes. " Rudy has been advised by someone with extensive knowledge of Burgundy. I know who it is, but in the current state of the investigation, I keep this information secret," Ponsot told Vanity Fair magazine. One person thought to be a possible accomplice is Kurniawan's Burgundy-born…
- Dr Vino's wine blog: The wine fraud story in Vanity Fair
- Wine News | Decanter: Spectrum and Vanquish: Kurniawan wines are not in sale
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- JancisRobinson.com: How Rudy did it (Free for all)
American wine writer Michael Steinberger has been rather quiet of late as he has been entangled with the Vanity Fair editorial team writing a long article about the Rudy Kurniawan fake-wine story we have been following for so long on this site. The July edition containing the result is now.
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…New York Magazine and Benjamin Wallace examine the case of Rudy Kurniawan and how he used wine auction houses to commit fraud. Click to read more...
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The New York indictment of Rudy Kurniawan, arrested by the FBI for serial counterfeiting of fine and rare wine, can be read in gripping detail here . I should have published it as soon as I received it very early on Thursday morning, but this coincided with our departure for a couple of days.
- Topics: New York City
- Dr Vino's wine blog: Rudy Kurniawan, aka "Dr. Conti" indicted on four counts
- Wine News | Decanter: Spectrum and Vanquish: Kurniawan wines are not in sale
The arrest by the FBI of Rudy Kurniawan is not enough to deter the tide of fake wine, alleged victims of counterfeiting say.
- Dr Vino's wine blog: The etiquette of pouring a counterfeit wine