Wine Spectator: Prosecutors Reveal Evidence Against Accused Wine Counterfeiter

Since FBI agents knocked on Rudy Kurniawan’s door 20 months ago, federal prosecutors have accused the well-known wine collector of not just selling counterfeit wines, but making them in what they called a “workshop” in his home. On Tuesday, December 10, in the final hour of the second day of Kurniawan’s trial in a Lower Manhattan federal courtroom, the prosecution put on a startling display of show and tell. Standing in front of the jury, FBI Special Agent James Wynne, who arrested Kurniawan at his home in Arcadia, California, opened several cartons of materials he said were confiscated from that house, including a large cork inserter and dozens of clear plastic bags filled with corks, foil capsules, labels of iconic wines, stencils and an array of inking stamps that appeared designed to print serial numbers on labels or to brand corks with property names and vintages. For the full story in Wine Spectator, click here.

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