The Billionaire's Vinegar: The Mystery of the World's Most Expensive Bottle of Wine - Benjamin Wallace
The Billionaire’s Vinegar (Three Rivers, $14.95) is at once a captivating labyrinth of upper-crust secret-keeping, a deeply researched journalistic endeavor, and an exquisite glimpse into the tiny world of rare wine. Benjamin Wallace’s book begins with the sale of the world’s most expensive bottle of wine, purportedly owned (and mislaid) by Thomas Jefferson. Much like Jefferson’s own wine-fueled orations on the merits of wine, The Billionaire’s Vinegar is incredibly wide-ranging and entertaining. Wallace’s tale of oenophilic suspense leads us down a path of deception and fraud that shook the world’s wine cellars to their foundations.