by Paulo Pinto | Feb 3, 2025 | News, Thinking outside the bottle
The art of winemaking has always been a delicate balance between nature and human intervention. For centuries, the quality of wine was largely determined by the terroir — the unique combination of soil, climate, and grape variety. However, as extreme weather...
by Paulo Pinto | Jun 20, 2022 | Thinking outside the bottle
I’m glad to be back talking financial insights, one glass of wine at a time. First they shut down the economy, to save lives. With the closure of the economy, production ceased. To compensate for non-production or reduced production, people were paid not to lose...
by Paulo Pinto | Nov 5, 2021 | Thinking outside the bottle
We buy wine with the intention of making money over periods of time. Rethinking retirement is a famous book of John Piper with the goal to challenge people to have a far greater purpose in life. Rethinking retirement is also an absolute must for Pension funds, because...
by Paulo Pinto | May 27, 2021 | Thinking outside the bottle
Paulo Pinto Alti Wine Exchange founding member Dear reader, In life, just like in the financial world I’m often mulling over, one has to reflect on what brings value to them. For this article, I have been wondering about how nothing is certain and how there are only...
by Paulo Pinto | May 6, 2021 | Thinking outside the bottle
Paulo Pinto Alti Wine Exchange founding member Dear reader, I must be honest. I am in a bad mood because of something I just read: this economic contraction we are in is four times worse than the one in 2008. Western living standards are getting squeezed...
by Paulo Pinto | Mar 31, 2021 | Thinking outside the bottle
Paulo Pinto Alti Wine Exchange founding member Dear reader, Every 24th day of the month I sit down figuring out what I spent. It’s an exercise that I do every month because I want to see how much I spend to live. There are two reasons for me to do that. One is my own...
