The Billionaire's Vinegar

Awhile back I mentioned a story in The New Yorker about the most expensive bottle of wine ever sold. That bottle, a 1787 Chateau Lafite Bordeaux that was supposedly owned by Thomas Jefferson, sold for $156 thousand dollars to a member of the Forbes family. The many subjects the fore mentioned article touched on ranged from the absurdity of the high-priced wine market, the rampant forgeries within that world, and a certain wine collector named Hardy Rodenstock who found the bottle (and many other maybe too rare bottles) that may be knowingly flooding the market with these forgeries.

Now, the subject and it's many twists and turns has been turned into a piece of long-form non fiction titled The Billionaire's Vinegar. The author, Benjamin Wallace, follows the story all the way back to 1787 when Jefferson was living in France and drinking excessive amounts of good wine. I haven't read it yet, but reviews are favorable thus far. If you're interested in learning more or buying the book, follow the link below to head over to the official website.

http://benjaminwallace.net/home.html