Item 1: The British wine industry is booming. Sparkling wines from Britain have been beating Champagnes at competition. According to an article by George Kantchev in yesterday’s Times, the British wine industry has doubled in the last 30 years. Why? It’s because of global climate change. Republicans can deny it all they want, but it is here, and its effects are obviously being felt. Just ask British vintners.
Item 2: Willam I. Koch of Koch Brothers fame has filed suit against Rudy Kurniawan, a rare wine dealer, who sold counterfeit wine. Mr. Koch paid 9,000 bucks for a 1949 Chateau Lafleur, and $30,000 for a 1947 Chateau Petrus. They were fakes.
Mosi Secret, writing in the Dec. 14 issue of the Times, noted that Mr. Koch spent up to $2.1 million dollars on 219 bottles of counterfeit wines. Mr. Koch was really upset to find out the wines were bogus.
I don’t like William Koch, but I will give him some free advice. You can buy two bottles of Sutter Home Sauvignon Blanc (2012--a very good year) for under 18 bucks at the State Wine and Spirits store, and by the time you have finished both bottles, you won’t care about fake wines or anything else.
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