See the Q&A that followed the NYC preview (at the DOC NYC Festival) of "Sour Grapes," the riveting new documentary on wine fraudster Rudy Kurniawan. Appearing on the panel is billionaire and wine fraud fighter Bill Koch. For more on imbibing like a billionaire, visit www.MarkOldman.com or check out Mark Oldman's new book, "How to Drink Like a Billionaire" (Regan Arts).
ON THE PANEL:
-FBI agent Jim Wynne
-Koch investigator Brad Goldstein
-“Sour Grapes” co-director Reuben Atlas
-legendary wine collector and wine fraud fighter Bill Koch
HIGHLIGHTS:
2:25 Bill Koch on the code of silence surrounding wine fraud
4:00 Bill Koch how collectors often get rid of wine they suspect is counterfeit
9:40 FBI agent Jim Wynne on how Rudy’s fraud was a “family business”
11:00 Bill Koch on his extensive “army” of wine fraud experts
13:15 Bill Koch on spending $35 million in law suits on pursuing wine fraud
13:40 Bill Koch on why he recently sold about half of his wine collection (20,000 bottles) - he calculated that it would take
it would haven taken 175 years (to drink what was his entire collection of 43,000 bottles)
14:40 co-director Reuben Atlas on how he obtained hours of candid footage of Rudy that appears in the movie
16:40 Bill Koch on his interaction with German wine fraudster Hardy Rodenstock
