From Douro to Digital Corks: A Wine Wednesday Recap 🍷
Today at dVIN Labs
Yesterday’s Wine Wednesday took us to the hills of the Douro with winemaker Annabelle Borra—who went from studying economics in the Netherlands to making biodynamic wine in Napa… and now owns 80-year-old Garnacha vines in Navarra. Wild journey, even wilder wines.
Super casual, very insightful convo. A few takeaways:
Always pair wine with cheese. Non-negotiable.
Making wine is less about control, more about listening to the land.
Old vines have stories—Annabelle’s just getting started telling them.
If you missed it, catch the replay below. 👇
🔗 In Case You Missed It
On Tuesday, Jana dropped a piece on the Digital Cork™—what it is, why it matters, and how it’s turning wine into a real financial instrument. Still magic, just on-chain.
If you want the quick hit on how we’re bridging centuries-old winemaking with blockchain and smart contracts, this is it.
Bookmark it, share it, send it to your wine geek group chat. 👇
The Digital Cork™: Bridging Tradition and Innovation
Fine wine has always existed in paradox: a globally traded product with hyper-localized logistics; an asset that gains value over time but is difficult to verify, store, or trade efficiently.
If you’re ready to dive deep, the full long-form piece is live on Medium:
📖 https://dvin.medium.com/digital-cork-the-bridge-between-tradition-and-innovation-in-fine-wine-93be41dabfbe
🎙️ Podcast Plug
If you missed last week’s episode, we went deep on why wine might just be the ultimate RWA hedge right now. Real asset, real history, real returns.
If you’re RWA-curious (or just like listening to smart wine talk), give it a spin.
The Realest RWA: Why Wine Might Be the Ultimate Hedge Right Now
In this episode of Wine x Web3, host Jana Kreilein is joined by David Garrett, co-founder of dVIN Labs, and Matt Bartlett, Head of Web3 at VanEck. The trio explores the evolving landscape of tokenized fine wine, examining how real-world assets like Egon Müller bottles are fractionalized and made accessible through Segment, VanEck’s NFT marketplace.
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Next Week: The Paradox of Wine with Grace Douglas
Next week, Jana sits down with Aussie winemaker Grace Douglas to unpack The Paradox of Wine—why the same bottle never quite tastes the same twice.
It’s going to be a fun one!
📅 RSVP here: https://lu.ma/paradoxofwine
Cheers!
Dave
dVIN Labs co-founder