Rudy Kurniawan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Indonesian wine collector and wine counterfeiter
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Place of Birth: Jakarta, Indonesia
About Rudy Kurniawan
- Rudy Kurniawan, birth name Zhen Wang Huang (born 10 October 1976, in Jakarta, Indonesia) is a wine collector and convicted perpetrator of wine fraud. He came to prominence as a wine connoisseur, and was promoted in 2006 as possessing "arguably the greatest cellar on Earth." Kurniawan was buying large stocks of negociant Burgundy and re-labeling them as more expensive wines, such as Domaine de la Romanée-Conti.
- He famously consigned several lots of Clos St.
- Denis from Domaine Ponsot from vintages long prior to any recorded production of Ponsot wines from that vineyard; the auction lots were withdrawn prior to bidding.Kurniawan was arrested on 8 March 2012 and indicted for selling fake high-end wines at auction.
- The next year he was convicted and sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment.
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