'An engrossing account of wine fraud and forgery . . . Hellman clearly knows his stuff.'--The Wall Street Journal '[Hellman] presents . . . the macho, competitive, one-upmanship world of the collectors, an atmosphere that perhaps contributed to their gullibility in the high-rolling economy of the early 2000s.'--The New York Times 'Heady, intoxicating . . . shines a light on the esoteric and intriguing world of ultrarare, ultrafine wines.'--Foreword, starred review 'In Vino Duplicitas is a cautionary tale of how we can let the romance of wine get the better of us. . . . None of us are immune.'--Washington Post Few gain entry to the privileged world of ultrafine wines, where billionaires flock to exclusive auction houses to vie for the scarce surviving bottles from truly legendary years. But Rudy Kurniawan, an unknown twentysomething from Indonesia, was blessed with two gifts that opened doors: a virtuoso palate for wine tasting, and access to a seemingly limitless (if mysterious)
