MEININGER VERLAG - Key Persons
Brendan Carter can't understand why so many wine professionals are ignoring YouTube. He tells Felicity Carter how he built his own Wine for the People channel.
When Dave McIntyre took over the Washington Post's wine column in 2008, he thought wine in the United States-and wine criticism-was ready for some major and crucial changes.
"When I started, the idea was to make wine accessible to everyone, punch through the snobbery and that wine should be an everyday drink," says McIntyre, whose 16-year run as the Post wine critic will end with a farewell column in early January. "I think you still see that, and especially with some younger writers who sort of say that, but the industry is definitely going in the opposite direction. Wine is re-inventing itself."
To say that people were surprised when Jamie Ritchie announced he was joining a blockchain outfit is an understatement. But Ritchie isn't fussed by what people think. "You don't leave Sotheby's on a whim," he says. "Not after 32 years."
He also thinks his new company, BlockBar, is the future of fine wine and rare spirits. He's been right about the future before.
Could he be right about this?
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