'Rady's Secrets'

Rudy was a phenomenal alchemist. He had recipes all over the place, and he was recreating these wines from a compilation of more recent wines in a way that was apparently very convincing, even to experts. One key to rudy's success, as long as it lasted, was that he did have a phenomenal ability to taste and dis minate between and remember fine wines. And so when it came time to blend wines to match the tastes, the aromas and so on, of the authentic wines, he could do it. His basic technique was to buy old french wines. For example, he once bought 800 bottles of a commercial grade burgundy, patriarch is the name