These aren’t wines you’re searching for
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6 min readFeb 25, 2024
Rudy Kurniawan’s story is among the most egregious wine crime stories of recent decades. Perhaps only the Thomas Jefferson’s fake wines affair, you can read it here, can keep up as notoriety, though certainly not as amount of money. But while that story has now ended, the Indonesian Rudy Kurniawan has managed to bring the fake bottles back to life while also making a business out of them.