The Mystery of the World's Most Expensive Bottle of Wine
Edición de la obra The Billionaire's Vinegar
| Autor | Benjamin Wallace |
|---|---|
| Editorial | Three Rivers Press |
| Fecha de publicación | April 14, 2009 |
| Idioma | inglés |
| Páginas | 336 |
| Formato | Paperback |
| ISBN-13 | 9780307338785 |
| ISBN-10 | 0307338789 |
| OCLC | 251203945 |
| LCCN | 2010554495 |
| Número de Cutter | W187b |
It was the most expensive bottle of wine ever sold. In 1985, a 1787 bottle of Cha^teau Lafite Bordeaux--one of a cache unearthed in a bricked-up Paris cellar and supposedly owned by Thomas Jefferson--sold at auction for $156,000. The discoverer of the bottle was pop-band manager turned wine collector Hardy Rodenstock, who had a knack for finding extremely old and exquisite wines. But rumors soon arose. Why wouldn't Rodenstock reveal the exact location where it had been found? Was it part of a smuggled Nazi hoard? Or did his reticence conceal an even darker secret? Author Wallace also offers a history of wine, complete with vivid accounts of subterranean European laboratories where old vintages are dated and of Jefferson's colorful, wine-soaked days in France. This tale of what could be the most elaborate con since the Hitler diaries is also the debut of a new voice in narrative non-fiction.--From publisher description.