Dear friends, For those who have been following the news of Rudy K's indictment and other stories pertaining to wine fakery, Vanity Fair has just released a fairly lengthy article by Michael Steinberger in their July 2012 issue: http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2012/07/wine-fraud-rudy-kurniawan-vintage… Happy reading -- see you at the Acker Merrall auctions :) Russ