Rudy Kurniawan - the guy who tricked rich idiots into buying homemade wine
There are people in this world who spend literally hundreds of thousands of dollars on wine - sometimes on a single bottle. These wine 'experts' say they can taste the difference between a fancy bottle and a sack of goon, but... Rudy definitely proved they can't. He made a bunch of wine in his kitchen, slapped some snobby labels on the bottles and SOLD THEM TO RICH IDIOTS FOR MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. And not only did they buy the wine, they INSISTED they loved it, and that it was the 'best wine' they'd ever tasted. Gotta love rich idiots!
We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there's this:
Watch the 'Sour Grapes' documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPUYuwSRwB8
Watch 'The Greatest Wine Forger' documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4CByxYbyJ4
Read some articles:
Vanity Fair: https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2012/07/wine-fraud-rudy-kurniawan-vintage-burgundies
The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/global/2016/sep/11/the-great-wine-fraud-a-vintage-swindle
The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/a-true-crime-documentary-about-the-con-that-shook-the-world-of-wine
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We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there's this:
Watch the 'Sour Grapes' documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPUYuwSRwB8
Watch 'The Greatest Wine Forger' documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4CByxYbyJ4
Read some articles:
Vanity Fair: https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2012/07/wine-fraud-rudy-kurniawan-vintage-burgundies
The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/global/2016/sep/11/the-great-wine-fraud-a-vintage-swindle
The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/a-true-crime-documentary-about-the-con-that-shook-the-world-of-wine
Follow us on Instagram! @RosieWaterland @JacobWilliamStanley
@JustTheGistPodcast
Email us with sugistions!! justthegistpodcast@gmail.com
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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