Reddit mentions of The Billionaire's Vinegar: The Mystery of the World's Most Expensive Bottle of Wine

Lighter non-fiction that I have recently loved:

Jon Ronson: Them. Spending time with conspiracy nuts, but quick and self-conscious investigative journalism. It's fun and interesting.


Erik Larson: Devil in the White City. At the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, a serial killer sets up a building to attract and in which to murder stray people who wouldn't be missed. This book reads like a bestseller mass-market paperback murder mystery, but it's based in truth (albeit with some literary embellishments.)

Benjamin Wallace: The Billionaire's Vinegar. Tremendously expensive wine and international wine-sales fraud. Super-rich people are ridiculous.

I read The Billionaire’s Vinegar about rich people chasing historic vintages, including wines that may have been purchased by a Thomas Jefferson.

It’s fascinating. https://www.amazon.com/Billionaires-Vinegar-Mystery-Worlds-Expensive/dp/0307338789/ref=nodl_

there is a follow up film to somm.

Also, you may want to read The Billionaire's Vinegar https://www.amazon.com/Billionaires-Vinegar-Mystery-Worlds-Expensive/dp/0307338789

General Reference:

Wine Atlas

Oxford Companion

Windows on the World

Specific Reference:

Vino Italiano

Wines of Rioja

Chateauneuf-du-Pape

General Reading:

Wine and War

Adventures on the Wine Route

Liquid Memory

Billionaire's Vinegar

Judgment of Paris

If you want to read more about the Jefferson wines, I recommend The Billionaire’s Vinegar. It goes into depth about Hardy Rodenstock and the provenance of the bottles. Very good read and only a couple of dollars on amazon.

Movie: On the Waterfront
Book: The Billionaire's Vinegar by Benjamin Wallace. Highly recommended if you like reading about conmen and fancy high society.