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While I do enjoy the occasional Chardonnay, Riesling or Merlot, I know little else about wines.

But I was rather reassured to read that I was at least not foolish enough to spend (my imaginary) millions on fake wines that are auctioned off as rare commodities - from tens of thousands of dollars to anywhere in the millions.

And on that very topic, The New Yorker has an interesting article on how some wine con-artists make their living doing just that. Better yet, it would seem that this is not something that’s necessarily done under the wraps but rather at large auction houses, such as Christie’s of London.

Shakespeare may have said, “… good company, good wine, good welcome, can make good people.”, but the man is also known to have proclaimed, “Lord, what fools these mortals be!”

Indeed, sir.