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Sto caricando le informazioni... In Vino Duplicitas: The Rise and Fall of a Wine Forger Extraordinairedi Peter Hellman
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Goodreads just ate my review, so here's the short version. This could have been really good—the crime and the characters are interesting—but Hellman didn't really explore the events of the characters in enough depth and his prose was flat. There were several paragraphs and passages that were repeated almost verbatim in different chapters, as if the author was attempting to "pad out" his manuscript. Save your time and wait for a better book on these events. Or just go back and read the multitude of magazine articles already written about this fraud. For most of us, the world of rare and and expensive wines is very foreign indeed. It's hard to wrap one's head around the fact that there are bottles of wine in existence that are valued at more than a brand new vehicle and that people actually purchase and drink these wines. This is an interesting account of the story of con man Rudy Kurniawan, who forged a tremendous amount of these wines and was eventually caught. Definitely a different kind of true crime story and an interesting read. **I received an advanced reader’s copy from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review** Hellman chronicles the story of Rudy Kurniawan, a young wine connoisseur whose practices and wine dealings/transactions may not be one hundred percent reliable. A journalist with articles found in Wine Spectator, Hellman interviews a cast of characters who interacted with Kurniawan. Along the way, Hellman takes readers on a history lesson of rare wines. Parts of Hellman’s nonfiction narrative were fascinating – details from interviews and trials, as well as remarks made by people who knew Kurniawan. At other times, the narrative was slow. The writing style has a journalistic flair; not a criticism, but a style that took some time to follow. This is also a very current topic in the wine world, with litigations and repercussions still being felt among collectors and auction houses. I was unfamiliar with the case prior to this book, so it was very insightful. I cannot attest to any additional information covered in this book that had been covered in news articles or other accounts of events that took place. Overall, it was an interesting introductory look at a man who really made the wine world think about provenance and authenticity, as well as the basic principles of truth and justice. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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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. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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A couple of questions remain though, which In Vino Duplicitas, entertaining as it is doesn't quite to the bottom of. Firstly, and probably most importantly, where did the money come from? How does a student and refugee go from part time employment at the golf pro shop, to charging hundreds of thousands of dollars a day at Hermes and trading millions of dollars of wine in just a couple of years? Secondly, to what extent were the wine auction houses complicit? Maybe the wine was dubious, but it boosted sales and sale prices and that's good for everyone. And thirdly, did Kurniawan start off as a fraudster, or did he simply work out that the so called wine afficianados really couldn't tell the difference between the good stuff and plonk, and couldn't resist the chance to pot such slow moving targets
A great yarn, but not the end of the story ( )