The fine wine industry aged rather well even amidst the global pandemic, reporting record sales in 2021. But that’s not the only reason investors from Generation Z — loosely defined as 25 and under — are adding fine wine to their portfolios. Compared to alternatives such as crypto, whisky, and art, investors find that fine wine has a relatively accessible entry point that makes it easy to get into while also providing long-term stability within portfolios. Read full article here
Oddities
The Curious Case of the Ancient Brain
In 2008, archaeologists examining the University of York discovered something strange: the decapitated head of an Iron Age man and his very shrivelled but very much intact brain. How a centuries-old brain was preserved is still unknown, but research suggests that it could have been because of brain diseases like dementia. The Yorkshire man’s brain’s proteins were bunched up together, much like how dementia causes brain proteins to bunch up into plaques. This bunching up, or aggregation, could continue even after death, turning regions of the brain into hard masses. Read full article here
Merv
September 30, 2022
