{"product_id":"the-billionaires-vinegar-the-mystery-of-the-worlds-most-expensive-bottle-of-wine-paperback","title":"The Billionaire's Vinegar: The Mystery of the World's Most Expensive Bottle of Wine - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBenjamin Wallace\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe rivetingly strange story of the world's most expensive bottle of wine, and the even stranger characters whose lives have intersected with it.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller, updated with a new epilogue, that tells the true story of a 1787 Ch teau Lafite Bordeaux--supposedly owned by Thomas Jefferson--that sold for $156,000 at auction and of the eccentrics whose lives intersected with it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWas it truly entombed in a Paris cellar for two hundred years? Or did it come from a secret Nazi bunker? Or from the moldy basement of a devilishly brilliant con artist? As Benjamin Wallace unravels the mystery, we meet a gallery of intriguing players--from the bicycle-riding British auctioneer who speaks of wines as if they are women to the obsessive wine collector who discovered the bottle. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSuspenseful and thrillingly strange, this is the vintage tale of what could be the most elaborate con since the Hitler diaries. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Part detective story, part wine history, this is one juicy tale, even for those with no interest in the fruit of the vine. . . . As delicious as a true vintage Lafite.\" --BusinessWeek\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBENJAMIN WALLACE, \u003c\/b\u003e a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author, has written for \u003ci\u003eGQ\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post, Food \u0026amp; Wine\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePhiladelphia\u003c\/i\u003e, where he was the executive editor. He lives in Brooklyn. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVisit his website at BenjaminWallace.net.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.1 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 14, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42151393820807,"sku":"9780307338785","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/216d9b68589dd4cc99798407a1d41a72.webp?v=1733206754","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-billionaires-vinegar-the-mystery-of-the-worlds-most-expensive-bottle-of-wine-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}