Billionaire Winos

Photo: John Kapon of Acker Merrall & Condit conducts an auction in Hong Kong. The November auction, run by Kapon, Acker's chief executive, raised $14.5 million. Bloomberg

Men's Vogue - Billionaire Winos -- Colgin

Their tasting notes would make Robert Parker blush, their thirst would choke a camel, and their pinkies—and noses—are decidedly not in the air. Glass of 1914 Pol Roger, anyone?

Big Boy is standing in the middle of the dining room at Manhattan's three-star Cru restaurant, waving a saber, demanding that everyone shut up and pay attention. It's not easy to shut this crowd up—they've been drinking really expensive wine for four hours, and the adrenaline of big spending is in the air. But Big Boy, aka Rob Rosania, is more than capable of shouting down a roomful of buzzed alpha males. It's his party, and his magnum is bigger than anyone else's magnum. He didn't build a billion-dollar real estate empire by acting like a pussy. Signature sunglasses planted in his curly, dark mane, he's wearing a natty blue Kiton windowpane sports jacket over an open white shirt showing plenty of chest hair, and while he doesn't actually pound his chest, he often gives the impression he's about to. He's in the process of selling off $5 million worth of his wine cellar to the assembled company—plus a few absentee bidders—and even though there are 40 or 50 more lots to go, he wants to celebrate.

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My Comment: A wine auction that makes me blush.