'Sour Grapes' wine fraud con man deported to Indonesia

FILE - In this Dec. 10, 2015 file photo more than 500 bottles of counterfeit and unsellable wine are destroyed at the Texas Disposal Systems recycling and compost facility in Austin, Texas. The wine is from the Rudy Kurniawan case, the man convicted of fraud in federal court in 2013 for producing and selling millions of dollars of counterfeit wine. Kurniawan, who bilked wine collectors out of millions by selling cheaper hooch he relabeled in his kitchen has been deported to his native Indonesia.

In a public black eye for the wine industry, prosecutors at Kurniawan’s New York trial said he made millions of dollars from 2004 to 2012 by putting less-expensive Napa and Burgundy wines into counterfeit bottles at his home in the Los Angeles suburb of Arcadia. A wine expert testified that 19,000 counterfeit wine bottle labels representing 27 of the world’s best wines were collected from Kurniawan’s property.Kurniawan built a reputation as a buyer and seller of rare wines and netted tens of millions of dollars at wine auctions. Other collectors dubbed him “Dr. Conti” for his love of a Burgundy wine, Domaine de la Romanée-Conti.However, the scheme began to unravel after several consignments he submitted for auction were found to be fake.

Just proves those wine clowns don’t know what they are drinking

It’s called the American dream- GREED.

Doesn't this say more about the perceived vs real quality of expensive wine than the character of the man who exploited it?

😅😂😅

Makes me glad I'm mormon

I’m sure he’s seen it done in movies and decided, why not. Rich people won’t know the difference.

so that’s what it takes

We had a bigger fraud than him for president...

I was just thinking about this story. Thanks for the follow up.

🤣

This is racist isn’t it

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