This is the first in a bimonthly series of articles about the personal alternative investments markets available to the professional corporate venturer. This new section in Global Corporate Venturing magazine looks beyond our readers' day jobs at how they manage their time and wealth using the same skills of insight, trend analysis and managing risk they bring to their professional careers.

When I was a little girl, I used to wander through the vine-yards with my grandfather.

He was an artisan de la magie in southern France’s Languedoc-Roussillon Corbières appellation (AOC) region making full-bodied and intense red wines.

He patiently explained to me the wine lifecycle and I discovered the pleasure of drinking good wines with him and now investing in them.

Wine is a product that requires passion, patience and resilience. The managing director of a boutique…