Official Selection, Hot Docs 2016

Award-winning filmmakers Jerry Rothwell and Reuben Atlas treat Hot Docs audiences to a nail-biting crime documentary about the world’s greatest wine fraud. With pockets full of cash, charisma and a preternatural memory for vintages, a very young Rudy Kurniawan earns the reputation of a wine savant, surrounding himself with some of high society’s most fervent wine connoisseurs. Earning $35 million from the auction of wines from his personal collection, he quickly wins the trust of those in elite wine circles, and is embraced within their community. But when Bill Koch, a top US collector, and, Laurent Ponsot, a Burgundian wine producer, discover suspicious bottles floating through the markets, a suspenseful investigation begins into one of the most ingenious cons of our time.

Director Reuben Atlas will participate in Skype Q&As on May 27 and May 29.

FRI, MAY 27—JUNE 2, select dates & times

Tickets & details: http://ow.ly/4naOop