Rudy Kurniawan knew wine. He was THE wine guy. He could tell you anything about any bottle, especially those he sold at auction. The rarest. The finest. Also... the fakest. <br /><br />Music:<br />Swelling - Night II<br />This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, PO Box 1866, Mountain View, CA 94042, USA.<br /><br /><b>Sources:</b><br /><ul><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global/2016/sep/11/the-great-wine-fraud-a-vintage-swindle" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The great wine fraud | Wine | The Guardian</a></li><li><a href="https://nymag.com/news/features/rudy-kurniawan-wine-fraud-2012-5/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Rudy Kurniawan, Château Sucker</a></li><li><a href="https://winegourd.blogspot.com/2024/04/some-new-notes-on-rudy-kurniawan-and.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Wine Gourd: Some (new) notes on Rudy Kurniawan and his activities</a></li><li><a href="https://www.wineenthusiast.com/culture/wine/how-rudy-kurniawan-fooled-the-wine-world/?srsltid=AfmBOop3wT1sq9Rlue_0QGCI3-atcEiDjdmcIcdWDfl6LC8s_j4r05T5&amp;utm_source=chatgpt.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Wine Enthusiast</a></li><li><a href="https://medium.com/buzz-books-by-publishers-lunch/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-greatest-wine-forger-9afd1f075eee" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://medium.com/buzz-books-by-publishers-lunch/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-greatest-wine-forger-9afd1f075eee</a>?</li><li><a href="https://lamag.com/drinking/wine/wine-forger-sour-grapes-rudy-kurniawan-strikes-back/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Wine Forger Who Duped Hollywood Producers and California Billionaires Strikes Back - LAmag</a></li><li><a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/prominent-wine-dealer-rudy-kurniawan-sentenced-manhattan-federal-court-10-years-prison" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Southern District of New York | Prominent Wine Dealer Rudy Kurniawan Sentenced In Manhattan Federal Court To 10 Years In Prison For Selling Millions Of Dollars Of Counterfeit Wine | United States Department of Justice</a></li><li><a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2013/12/18/255241685/the-man-who-duped-millionaires-into-paying-big-bucks-for-fake-wine" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Man Who Duped Millionaires Into Paying Big Bucks For Fake Wine : The Salt : NPR</a></li><li><a href="https://winegourd.blogspot.com/2024/04/some-new-notes-on-rudy-kurniawan-and.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Wine Gourd: Some (new) notes on Rudy Kurniawan and his activities</a></li><li><a href="https://www.wineenthusiast.com/culture/wine/how-rudy-kurniawan-fooled-the-wine-world/?srsltid=AfmBOooj8yqJnntrTqY0ZAbuQlFcrOOvvKodzWGGZ7WMiOML2fXQVt-B" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">How Rudy Kurniawan Fooled the Wine World | Wine Enthusiast</a></li><li><a href="https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ice-removes-indonesian-man-convicted-fraud-tied-international-counterfeit-wine-scam" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Archived: ICE removes Indonesian man convicted of fraud tied to international counterfeit wine scam | ICE</a></li><li><a href="https://authena.io/the-king-of-wine-counterfeiting-is-free-and-maybe-back-to-business/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Rudy Kurniawan is Free and (maybe) Back to Business | Authena</a></li><li><a href="https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/rare-wine-dealer-sentenced-in-counterfeiting-scheme" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Rare Wine Dealer Sentenced in Counterfeiting Scheme — FBI</a></li><li><a href="https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2012/07/wine-fraud-rudy-kurniawan-vintage-burgundies?srsltid=AfmBOorOHjJZ2YmHfASYcB-t-kWiJrYDDNKfeu4oy24EDQr83Tl1agn8" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Rudy Kurniawan and the Largest Known “Wine” Fraud in History | Vanity Fair</a></li></ul>