'Buyer beware', wine collectors in fraud probe say
Collectors are knowingly putting counterfeit wine up for auction, witnesses in the ongoing FBI investigation into wine fraud say.
Howard G Goldberg is a wine writer and critic based in New York City. He made his name writing about wine for The New York Times, where he worked for 34 years. He has written various books on food and wine, including Prime: The Complete Prime Rib Book and All About Wine Cellars. He compiled The New York Times Book of Wine – a collection of the publication’s best wine articles.
Collectors are knowingly putting counterfeit wine up for auction, witnesses in the ongoing FBI investigation into wine fraud say.
Ernest Gallo, whose last name is virtually synonymous for Californian wine, has died aged 97.
The US government is probing sales of counterfeit wine and has sent subpoenas to Zachys in New York and Christie’s in London and collectors of rare wine.
Baroness Philippine de Rothschild’s private cellar – dating back to the end of the 19th century – hit the jackpot last night at a New York auction.
Around 30 lawsuits have been filed in the US, with producers and consumers attacking state laws that limit direct wine sales.
Bonny Doon producer Randall Grahm has begun building an all-Riesling winery in Washington State.
The Naples Winter Wine Festival has again set an American record for charity auctions.
German collector and dealer Hardy Rodenstock has asked a federal court in New York City to dismiss a lawsuit accusing him of fraud.
A rare trove from Baroness Philippine de Rothschild’s Chateau Mouton Rothschild cellar in Bordeaux will be auctioned by Aulden Cellars/Sotheby’s on 28 February.
Fresh from its most successful year, the Hart Davis Hart auction house is making plans to establish itself as a major player on the US auction scene.
In a year in which auction revenues shot skyward, Acker Merrall & Condit reached the greatest heights.
The seismic effects of 2005 Bordeaux are still being felt – especially in auction rooms when bidders go into a frenzy over large-format First Growths.
Licensed retailers and restaurants in New York State can now buy directly from out-of-state producers on the internet, a state lawyer says.
Fifty cases of Chateau Mouton-Rothschild 1982 have been sold for over $1m in New York, in what Sotheby’s claims is a new record for a single lot at auction.
Donald Ziraldo has resigned as president of Inniskillin Wines in Ontario.
With a US$24m sale Acker Merrall & Condit has smashed an auction record which has stood since 1999.
RW Apple Jr, the renowned New York Times correspondent whose talents included wine and food writing, has died aged 71.
Leading Bordeaux estate Château Fourcas Hosten has been sold to two members of the Hermès luxury-goods family.
Christie’s is about to launch a real-time online bidding system, allowing armchair buyers to bid with virtual paddles.
The new writers for Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate were announced today, following last week’s departure of Pierre Rovani and Daniel Thomases.
There is widespread speculation that Robert Parker is on the verge of parting company with Pierre Rovani and Daniel Thomases, both contributors to The Wine Advocate.