{"product_id":"the-billionaires-vinegar-the-mystery-of-the-worlds-most-expensive-bottle-of-wine-9780307338785","title":"The Billionaire's Vinegar: The Mystery of the World's Most Expensive Bottle of Wine","description":"\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 \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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-16157275\"\u003eBenjamin Wallace\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Crown Publishing Group (NY)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/14\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.30w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780307338785\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0307338789\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-CKB\"\u003eCooking\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-CKB088000\"\u003eBeverages | Alcoholic- General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-CKB\"\u003eCooking\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-CKB041000\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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","brand":"Crown Publishing Group (NY)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42697791897837,"sku":"9780307338785","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/files\/img_b46e58c9-e021-4535-8051-3daf1248216b.jpg?v=1747440441","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/the-billionaires-vinegar-the-mystery-of-the-worlds-most-expensive-bottle-of-wine-9780307338785","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}