In Vino Duplicitas: The Rise and Fall of a Wine Forger Extraordinaire (Peter Hellman) Micronesia "‘Wyvern ’was a colonel in

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and sip South African wines in a Blue Train—a luxury lounge-car featuring windows of glass fused with gold dust

He lays bare his mistakes and wonders about his extraordinary luck as he recounts the improbable series of events that led him to the top of his profession

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In Vino Duplicitas: The Rise and Fall of a Wine Forger Extraordinaire (Peter Hellman) Micronesia "‘Wyvern ’was a colonel inIn 2002, Rudy Kurniawan, an unknown twentysomething, burst into the privileged world of ultrafine wines. Blessed with a virtuoso palate, and with a seemingly limitless supply of coveted bottles, Kurniawan quickly became the leading purveyor of rare wines to the American elite. But in April 2008, at a New York auction house, dozens of Kurniawan's trophy bottles were abruptly pulled from sale. Journalist Peter Hellman was there, and he began to