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A MAILBAG COLUMN FROM AN ECCENTRIC SOMMELIER
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Not all the same: a quick guide to rosé wine and its different styles
Rosé has been long dismissed as an inferior wine or mistaken for a red-white mixture. It’s terribly wrong. Meet its styles, grapes and winemaking techniques.
Wines that smell like spring: floral aromas to try this season
As winter comes to its end, a season of warming temperatures meets fresh, delicate scents. Flower aromas happen in different wines too. Try them!
Remembering Steven Spurrier, the gentleman who globalized the love of fine wine
Known especially for the 1976 Judgment of Paris, the English wine merchant, writer and vintner enjoyed a lifetime of devotion to tasting and expanding knowledge
A celebration of the women who inspire and shape the wine world
Highlighting the work of female pioneers, winemakers, producers, writers and sommelières, we call for more efforts towards equality and women in leading roles
Unearthing and mapping the unique heritage of Portuguese wine and its hidden gems
Rich in winemaking history and fairly unknown when compared to superstar neighbours, Portugal earns new works on its longstanding traditions
Alti Wine Exchange Indexes in 2020: despite it all, safe and strong returns for fine wine
Fine and rare wines have enjoyed robust performance and low volatility in comparison to markets during Covid, gaining further room in diversified portfolios
Five common myths in terms of tasting wine
Are all wines age-worthy? Do screw caps mean bad wines? Is decanting really essential? Are Champagne flutes the best choice? Let’s decant true from false.
A virtual trip to Tuscany and its greatest wines – from classics to Super Tuscans to whites
The Central Italian region is home to some of the most classic celebrated wines and winemaking areas in Europe and the world. Watch Julien Miquel’s series.
Carménère and other grapes saved from extinction to produce world-class wines
Nearly lost at some point, varieties like Viognier were redeemed by skillful growers and now make superstar fine wines
Founder’s view | Financial insights outside the bottle
Drawing a new economic path to save people from falling behind
Markets are at new highs and loans are going strong, but the big players ignore who is going to take eventual losses. Time for structural change
The right time for the irrefutable law of supply and demand
Unprecedented monetary expansion is pushing more and more discerned investors towards consumer products as a strategy for a bumpy road ahead
Persistence is a must-have in investments and in life
Although society is much imperfect, one can always learn and seek to prosper. Be driven and seek opportunities yourself
Time to look at the real economy for the road ahead
Experience says inflation and the financialized economy are rising worries. Consumer goods offer diversification and safer opportunities for investors
Fighting economic concentration is today’s David versus Goliath
It is time to stop the vicious cycle of dominance by central banks and governments that only dictates the choices (or their lack) for the population
Does responsibility at the top really justify the rising inequality?
CEO compensations have grown much more than the average workers’ pay. Speculation by Central Banks will only worsen disparities, Paulo Pinto asserts
A Mailbag Column from an Eccentric Sommelier
“Should I open my 1913 Spanish Bottle of wine?”
DEAR READER, Thank you for the warm wishes following my initial post; it brings a tear to my eye. As a wine expert, I’m honored to inspire the next generation of drinkers, growers, and lovers (of wine, I mean!). This week, I’ve selected a question that’ll give us some...
A Mailbag Column from an Eccentric Sommelier
DEAR READER: As I’ve aged, it helps me to reach out to the youth. Everyone I speak to has to be 18+ (since I deal in wine), but reaching out makes me feel like I’m giving back to the Earth—giving it more energy to spin once I’m gone. At least for now, before I get too...
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Wine Trading Academy
When an opportunity arises from a crisis, you’d better take it
Why we bet on an alternative asset like fine wine in the face of a likely defining moment in history
How to invest in wine with Alti Wine Exchange, quick and simple
Learn how to start trading the precious liquid with maximum transparency and the prospect of safe and strong returns
Alti Wine Exchange and inflation
In November 2008 the Queen of England at the London School of Economics asked a simple question about the crisis: ‘’Why did nobody notice it coming?’’ Prof. Garicano of the London School response was…
The death of fake wine with Alti Wine Exchange
Wine has been considered an investment for many years, but more recently with the explosion of Chinese wealth, it has been more and more recognised
What is the difference between fine and regular wine?
This simple, yet very important post will kick-off our Wine Trading Academy, explaining the fundamental differences between regular and fine wines, which are essential to understand before trading on Alti Wine Exchange.
Some people work hard yet never seem to get there….
Since the last time I wrote to you from Bordeaux, I have done quite a bit of travelling, including crossing the Atlantic to visit wine growers in Chile, who are interested in launching future Initial Bottle Offering’s.
On the road to ruin
As some of our readers know 2 years ago In 2017 a group of people with a long history in finance, in shock with negative interest rates…
Have You Ever Thought about Investing in Fine Wine?
Alti Exchange Group’s research clearly shows how the value of fine wines has risen since 2016 becoming highly desirable for those who want to protect themselves from any crash in the stock market.