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60-Second Critic: Give Me Your Most Expensive Bottle
By Richard Rys
When journalist Benjamin Wallace first heard about the sale of a 1787 bordeaux belonging to Thomas Jefferson, he didn’t realize the intrigue behind the bottle’s record-setting $156,000 price tag. Questions about the wine’s authenticity — and the enigmatic German collector who discovered it — sent the Philly Mag editor-at-large from Monticello to Munich in search of the truth. The result is The Billionaire’s Vinegar (Crown; $24.95), a rich blend of historical narrative and page-flipping mystery that will keep both oenophiles and teetotalers riveted.
Originally published in Philadelphia magazine, May 2008
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