Drunk On the Blockchain
There was a moment in my life when I owned a 600-bottle collection of wine — some of the greatest names and finest vintages from California’s “cult” Cabernets and French Bourdeaux. Bryant Family, Hundred Acre, Scarecrow, and Colgin Cellars from California — vintages from 2007 through 2013, some fabulous years for Cali cult wines.
And there was the pride of my collection: Four half-bottles of the 2001 Chateau d’Yquem, the most famous white Bordeaux and arguably one of the greatest wines in a century, if not ever.
Alas, I auctioned off all of them as part of a divorce. Rented a van and drove the 600-bottle lot north from Louisiana, where I was living at the time, to a New York wine auction house. Was far cheaper — and far less nerve-wracking! — than shipping all those pricey bottles as freight.
I share that story as a way of saying: What I would have given to have had a company like BAXUS at that time.
Chances are you’ve probably not heard of BAXUS unless you attended the Solana Breakpoint conference in Amsterdam last fall. That’s where I met up and sat down with Tzvi Wiesel, founder of BAXUS. And while it might seem odd to be at a crypto-conference talking to a guy running a business focused on IRL assets like wine and whiskey, the two are actually quite the perfect fit.
