The onion is starting to peel in the rareified world of ultra collectible wine. As these two articles allege, Hardy Rodenstock, one of most renknowned collectors in the world might have been passing fake wine knowingly to mega-rich collectors. He might not be the only one too. There could be some suprising names being indicted in the next few months. With all the new money out there and the insane world obsession with status and the best of everything, it is a boom time for wine forgers. How is some 37 year old Russian oil billionaire going to realize his 1921 Petrus magnum is fake if he has never had Petrus before?!? This is a fascinating story and some dirty laundry could be aired in the wine business. The fine wine scene has gotten out of hand in the last few years and prices have gone way past obscene for the top bottlings. I for one am very curious to see what happens and what names will surface. Keep reading as I will be updating this story as it develops. (Type in Rodenstock in the upper right hand corner of the Bloomberg site as the links do not seem to work.)My 1947 Lafleur is real!
No . . . my 1947 Lafleur is real!
You're all crazy . . .my 1947 Lafleur magnum is real!
This is my favorite line,
ReplyDelete"When the best wines were poured,'' Mansson wrote about Rodenstock, "he'd jump from his seat and joyfully walk around his guests, affectionately ruffling their hair while repeating excitedly, `Ja, unglaublich! One hundred points! One hundred points!''' Unglaublich means "unbelievable'' in German.
Perhaps Parker was so distracted by the scalp massage that he failed to notice the wines were fakes.
He deserves everything he gets if it is true and Parker's credibility takes a huge dent.
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