The Billionaire's Vinegar: The Mystery of the World's Most Expensive Bottle of Wine
by Wallace, Benjamin
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- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0307338789
- ISBN 13
- 9780307338785
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About This Item
U.S.A: Three Rivers Press, 2009. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Slight wear to extremities, otherwise clean and unmarked; tight sewn binding. A ture story, part history, part detective story, about a bottle of 1787 Chateau Lafite Bordeaux, supposedly owned by Thomas Jefferson, and sold for $156,000 at auction. Where it had spent its life and how it surfaced--and the eccentric characters in its life along the way is the intriguing story. 321 pages. 8 x 5.25 inches. 2009, Three Rivers Press, USA
Synopsis
BENJAMIN WALLACE has written for GQ, Food & Wine , and Philadelphia , where he was the executive editor. He lives in Brooklyn.
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- The Parnassus BookShop (US)
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- Title
- The Billionaire's Vinegar: The Mystery of the World's Most Expensive Bottle of Wine
- Author
- Wallace, Benjamin
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0307338789
- ISBN 13
- 9780307338785
- Publisher
- Three Rivers Press
- Place of Publication
- U.S.A
- Date Published
- 2009
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾"
- Keywords
- WINE DETECTIVE STORY HISTORY 1787 CHATEAU LAFITE BORDEAUX COLLECTOR AUCTIONS
- Bookseller catalogs
- History. General;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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