{"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":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\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 Château 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 is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Billionaire's Vinegar\u003c\/i\u003e. He has been a features writer at \u003ci\u003eNew York\u003c\/i\u003e and a contributing editor at \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.1 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 14, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53530020151603,"sku":"9780307338785","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0990\/0746\/3731\/files\/Ry5kCeQUsL9780307338785.webp?v=1783129707","url":"https:\/\/s3xxpj-vy.myshopify.com\/products\/the-billionaires-vinegar-the-mystery-of-the-worlds-most-expensive-bottle-of-wine-paperback","provider":"The Celestial Starlit Phoenix ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}