Remember when I recently mentioned former Luftwaffe pilot and not semi-retired Port media guy Axel Probst? Axel (a.k.a. “Herr Plane” now to 1WD readers) contacted me shortly after that article went live (he wasn’t aware that I was going to mention him) to thank me for the shout-out, and also to share two of the…
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Wine Producers, Are Your Voices Being Heard? (A Glimpse into 1WineDude’s Cellar)
[ Editor’s note: following is the third guest post from the 1WD intern: the young, unpaid Shelby Vittek, who many of you will recall really shook things up with her first 1WD article (and continued that trend with her second). You can check out more of Shelby’s wine writing work at TableMatters.com, and find her…
Investing In Fine Wine Is For Fools
“Investing” in fine wine is a fool’s errand. As in, “greater fools” – for it is certainly a fool who hopes to sell his/her speculation to greater fools for a profit. The term greater fool is actually a pseudo-technical financial one, probably best explained in William J. Bernstein’s amazing book The Four Pillars of Investing…
Should Millennials Be Drinking More Wine With Food? (Guest Post)
[ Editor’s note: following is a guest post from the 1WD intern: the young, unpaid Shelby Vittek, who many of you will recall really shook things up with her first 1WD article. You can check out more of Shelby’s work at TableMatters.com, and find her on twitter at @BigBoldReds. Let us know what you think…