Dear friends,

For those who have been following the issue of counterfeiting in the “old and rare” market and/or the Rudy Kurniawan case in particular, interesting coverage of the subject appears in an article titled “Chateau Sucker” in the May 13 issue of New York magazine:  http://nymag.com/print/?/news/features/rudy-kurniawan-wine-fraud-2012-5/.  The highly detailed 25-page Kurniawan indictment, handed down by a New York grand jury a week ago, is available for your reading pleasure on Michael Steinberger’s blog (winediarist.com) and the free portion of Jancis Robinson’s website (jancisrobinson.com), among other sources.

Enjoy your Spring – and may all your wines be genuine J

Russ