Top 10 famous wine collectors
13th October, 2014
by
Lauren Eads
Bill Koch

US billionaire Bill Koch is an avid collector of wine and has been involved in a number of high-profile lawsuits over counterfeit wines in the past, most notably against Hardy Rodenstock for the sale of wine purported to have been owned by Thomas Jefferson.
Koch also sued Rudy Kurniawan, as well as the auction house Acker, Merrall & Condit, through whom Koch purchased Kurniawan’s wine. He had been claiming damages of US$4.2 million after buying (he claims) over 200 fake bottles from the house between 2005 and 2006 for over $2.1m.
Earlier this year Acker Merrall & Condit paid a“substantial sum” to Koch in an out of court settlement in relation to the Kurniawan case.