Hardy Rodenstock

125 vintages of Château d'Yquem were the subject of Rodenstock's most famous tasting in 1998 (a bottle of vintage 1973 is pictured)

Meinhard Görke,[1] known as Hardy Rodenstock (7 December 1941 – 19 May 2018[2]) was a German publisher and manager of pop and Schlager music, and a prominent wine collector, connoisseur, and trader, with a special interest in old and rare wines.[3] He became famous for his allegedly uncanny ability to track down old and very rare wines,[4] and for arranging extravagant wine tastings featuring these wines. It has been alleged that Rodenstock was the perpetrator of an elaborate wine fraud. In 1992, a German court found that Rodenstock had "knowingly offered adulterated wine" for sale. On appeal, the case was settled out of court.[3]

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  2. ^ "Infamous Fine-Wine Merchant Hardy Rodenstock, Alleged Counterfeiter, Dies at 76 | Mixed Case: Opinion and Advice | Blogs". WineSpectator.com. 8 June 2018. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  3. ^ a b Keefe, Patrick Radden, The Jefferson Bottles, The New Yorker, September 3, 2007, p. 2
  4. ^ Keefe, Patrick Radden, The Jefferson Bottles, The New Yorker, September 3, 2007, p. 3