Jamie Ritchie, one of the world's leading wine and spirits auctioneers, explains why he left three decades of remarkable performance at Sotheby's to join a startup called BlockBar -- where he is COO. BlockBar is an online marketplace combining NFT, cryptocurrency (ethereum/eth), and blockchain technology with the sale, storage, and distribution of collectible wine and spirits to create authenticity and guaranteed provenance in the marketplace.

Learn more about BlockBar at https://BlockBar.com/

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As recently as the 1980s, only 10 wineries existed in Chile, making wines that were -- at best -- OK. Today, there are hundreds of Chilean wineries, making good to outstanding wines, many of which are highly coveted by savvy wine collectors. Aurelio Montes Jr. tells the story of how his father kickstarted a winemaking revolution in Chile -- and what father and son are doing next to rock the wine world (despite the persistence of hungry beavers).

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Listen to this episode if you want to learn how to start a wine collection and/or how to invest in wine. Wine collection and investment expert Brian Ward of Cask100 and the Winston Art Group offers a primer on starting, safeguarding, and selling a wine collection. Additionally, he talks about the fairly new financial strategy of wine investment, including how it differs from wine collecting.

The key points covered in this episode:

• What makes a wine valuable and collectible
• How to start a wine collection
• How to store, maintain, and secure your wine collection
• Collection strategies
• What regions to consider when building a collection
• How to sell wines from your collection
• Introduction to wine investing, and how it differs from collecting

Brian Ward is the Director of Wine and Spirits for Winston Art Group and Principal of the Cask 100 Fund. He can be reached at ward@wineadvise.com
Winston Art Group: https://winstonartgroup.com/
Cask 100 Wine & Whisky Fund: https://cask100.com/

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