
Our Favorite Wine Fraudster
Bribe, Swindle or Steal
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The Story of a Ponseau Wine Collector
Alexandri: I got a call from a reliable wine dealer who said, you should go down to the acrmerril and conduct auction at crew. Crew was then the pre eminent temple of wine amongst staurants in new york. The lot that was being sold as i came in wer it was two bottles of dom perignon rose champagne, vintage 19 59. As i walked in, those bottles were being hammered down for 84 thousand dollars. Even with that example, though those bottles once existed, some of the other examples, the bottles never existed.
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