S5 E3: Rudy Kurniawan

About this episode

This episode explores the story of Rudy Kurniawan, a notorious wine fraudster known for selling counterfeit bottles at auction.

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. Music: Swelling - Night II 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. Sources: The great wine fraud | Wine | The Guardian Rudy Kurniawan, Château Sucker The Wine Gourd: Some (new) notes on Rudy Kurniawan and his activities Wine Enthusiast https://medium.com/buzz-books-by-publishers-lunch/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-greatest-wine-forger-9afd1f075eee ? Wine Forger Who Duped Hollywood Producers and California Billionaires Strikes Back - LAmag 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 The Man Who Duped Millionaires Into Paying Big Bucks For Fake Wine : The Salt : NPR The Wine Gourd: Some (new) notes on Rudy Kurniawan and his activities How…

Topics covered

• wine fraud
• Rudy Kurniawan
• true crime

Keywords

• wine
• auction
• counterfeit
• fraud

Mentioned in this episode

Products: wine

Books & works: Swelling - Night II

Places: Mountain View, CA, USA, Hollywood, California, LAmag, Manhattan, United States

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