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The Billionaire's Vinegar: The Mystery of the World's Most Expensive Bottle of Wine
The Billionaire's Vinegar The Mystery of the World's Most Expensive Bottle of Wine
Author: Benjamin Wallace
It was the most expensive bottle of wine ever sold. — In 1985, at a heated auction by Christie's of London, a 1787 bottle of Ch?teau Lafite Bordeaux -- one of a cache of bottles unearthed in a bricked-up Paris cellar and supposedly owned by Thomas Jefferson -- went for $156,000 to a member of the Forbes family. The discoverer of the bottle was po...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780307338785
ISBN-10: 0307338789
Publication Date: 4/14/2009
Pages: 336
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3.4 stars, based on 41 ratings
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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Very interesting - good read for those interested in wine and collecting vintage wines.
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This book was incredibly researched and the topic was very interesting. However, the story unfolds VERY slowly and is loaded with a lot of detail that seemed unnecessary to the story. It seemed like the story could have been effectively told in a long magazine article, not an entire book.

I have an "unpostable" copy of the book that i'm happy to send for free if you're interested. The pages are fine and the book is intact, but the cover is a bit ratty.
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