Fine wine collector Hardy Rodenstock dies
Hardy Rodenstock has died at the age of 76...
The Billionaire’s Vinegar
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Court rejects Koch appeal to sue Christie's
US billionaire says Christie's got away with a 'hoax' after appeals court rejects his bid to sue.
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Brad Pitt to star in The Billionaire's Vinegar
The Billionaire's Vinegar, the controversial book about the Jefferson bottles affair, is being made into a film starring Brad Pitt.
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The Jefferson Bottles case
Michael Broadbent's resounding victory in the English courts, with Random House apologising unreservedly for, and admitting the untruth of, allegations in The Billionaire's Vinegar that Broadbent had acted unprofessionally in an auction, and moreover was 'improperly' close to Hardy Rodenstock, is only the end of one chapter in the near quarter-century-long saga of the Jefferson Bottles.
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Broadbent wins Jefferson Bottles libel case
Michael Broadbent has won a libel victory against Random House, publishers of The Billionaire’s Vinegar.
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Broadbent celebrates with Mouton 1990, ponders film injunction
Having won his libel case, Michael Broadbent now has to decide whether to try to block a Will Smith-produced film of The Billionaire’s Vinegar.
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Broadbent to sue over Billionaire’s Vinegar
Michael Broadbent is suing the publishers of The Billionaire’s Vinegar for defamation of character.
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Benjamin Wallace on The Billionaire's Vinegar
Benjamin Wallace discusses his book The Billionaire's Vinegar as part of the Authors@Google series
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New book on Jefferson bottles 'riddled with inaccuracies': Christies
‘The Billionaire’s Vinegar’, a book about the collection of contentious Jefferson bottles, has left Decanter columnist Michael Broadbent MW angry about alleged inaccuracies and mischaracterisation of his relationship with wine dealer Hardy Rodenstock.
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Two 'Jefferson bottles' films in the offing
A major Hollywood consortium including actor Will Smith, and HBO Films, have separately bought the rights to a book and a New Yorker article about the Jefferson Bottles affair.
