Hardy Rodenstock
German wine collector (1941–2018) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]