Sour Grapes: Defrauding the wine industry for USD mns

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Leaves a bitter taste: In the early 2000s, Rudy Kurniawan defrauded the wine industry with countless bottles of fake wine. His scam and ultimate incarceration is retold in the satisfyingly cynical documentary, Sour Grapes, an unempathetic look at the spending habits of the overly affluent. At one time Kurniawan was the golden boy of the wine industry, said to be living off a large family fortune, with a palate adept at identifying the finest of wines. For years he pocketed USD mns by selling at auction “fine” wines he had discovered. Unbeknownst to his customers, the liquor they purchased was cheap wine, repackaged in old bottles with forged labels. To this day, celebrated wine collectors may hold counterfeit bottles in their carefully curated wine cellars, thanks to Kuniawan’s scheme. Sour Grapes is available on Apple TV or for rent on Amazon Prime Video.