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Lorraine Bracco Also Likes Marilyn Monroe Photos
Name: Lorraine Bracco
Age: 53
Job: Actress. Bracco has followed up her iconic role in The Sopranos with a stint on Lipstick Jungle as a whip-cracking publisher. Last night, Seminole Hard Rock Entertainment celebrated her Bracco Wines.
Neighborhood: Chelsea Who's your favorite New Yorker, living or dead, real or fictional? Fanny Brice. What's the best meal you've eaten in New York? Empire Diner's roasted-chicken plate. In one sentence, what do you actually do all day in your job? Think and/or worry.Posted 02/26/08 in Daily Intel : 21 Questions
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It's Like ‘Six Degrees of Separation,’ But With Wine
Next time you uncork your cobweb-covered 1961 Mouton Rothschild and taste Two-Buck Chuck, you know whom to call: The FBI is hot on the trail of crafty con men passing off "inferior bottles" as historic vintages. The investigation, which is setting New York's wine-snob circles abuzz, grew out of a lawsuit brought by billionaire William Koch; Koch forked over $500K a pop for several bottles supposedly once owned by Thomas Jefferson. Christie's, which vouched for the bottles' provenance, has been subpoenaed, as has the dealer who found (or "found") the forgery. To be honest, we've never heard of this particular scam before — counterfeit wine! — but the more we think about it, the less we're surprised. With the amount of money floating around the city, we're clearly running out of status symbols (seriously: $800K duck decoys?). Someone's gotta take advantage. Inquiry Looks at Accusations That Wines Had False Labels [NYT] Earlier: Duck! That Decoy Costs $800,000! [Daily Intel]
Posted 03/08/07 in Daily Intel : In Other News
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And It Doesn't Even Come Wrapped in a Brown Bag
Proof the gentrification of Manhattan has finally gone too far? They're now offering thrice-weekly wine tastings in Penn Station.
Posted 12/08/06 in Daily Intel : Photo Op
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