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Ben Justman🍷
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Owner/Winemaker at Peony Lane Wine Low Sulfite wine from the highest elevation vineyards in 🇺🇸 Governor's Cup Award Winner 2022, 2023, 2024 Host of @SoakQuest - Make Bitcoin Fun Again
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BenJustman 2 months ago
Releasing Satoshi's Reserve felt like the culmination of my first cycle in Bitcoin. I found Bitcoin while I was making my 2020 wine vintage, and by the next fall I was so obsessed with bitcoin that the energy poured into my wine. For the ‘21 vintage, I pulled my favorite single barrel from the cellar and wrote BTC on the boxes even though I had no idea what it would become or if I would ever be able to sell it. In the 3 years I spent staring at those boxes, Peony Lane went from having the occasional Bitcoin sale to nearly all of its customers being Bitcoiners. I released Satoshi's Reserve on my first Halving. A fitting end to my first epoch. It has been amazing seeing how many of you have already opened your bottles, and hearing about the milestones you are waiting for before you do. I did think the people planning to pop it at $1 million would have had their excuse by now, though. The next vintage of Satoshi’s Reserve is coming very soon, and I wanted to take a moment to say how much I enjoy making wine for Bitcoiners. It gives me a real sense of purpose. Cheers to many more years.
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BenJustman 2 months ago
Us Debt has gone up $2.2 Trillion since July. Trump really needs to start Unburdening us from what has been soon or I'm gonna start thinking maybe Kamala was right image
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BenJustman 2 months ago
I'm not saying that Peony Lane is going to fix the depopulation crisis... But Bitcoiners don't seem to be having a problem with it. image
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BenJustman 2 months ago
The lines people are drawing sure are sick today image
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BenJustman 2 months ago
Satoshi's Reserve Labels are supposed to arrive today. I can't wait. Big moves for vintage #2 Auction for bottle #'s 1-21 is NEXT WEEK image
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BenJustman 2 months ago
This is what being an adult looks like to me. image
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BenJustman 2 months ago
If you're "aging" a bottle of wine on your kitchen wine rack, you're doing it wrong. That's the worst place to store wine. You're exposing it to light, temperature swings and pungent smells. If this is you, find the excuse you've been waiting for. Just open the bottle. When you are actually ready for the 5-10 year commitment of aging wine, do yourself a favor and invest in proper storage. Wine needs darkness, stable temperature, and time, not your kitchen counter image
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BenJustman 2 months ago
People who consistently drink California Cabernets are usually thrown off by my wine. They aren't wrong because Taste Preference is Personal But if you specifically drink California Cabernet Sauvs you are drinking one of the most commoditized products in the wine world. High end California Cabernet can be World Class. It can be amazing wine. The problem is that most California Cabernet is not World Class. It is styled and manipulated to fit a very specific flavor profile. Deviate from that and it's suddenly "not what a Cab should taste like." That single phrase tells you everything about how narrow the template has become. Peony Lane is different and that's the point. I do not make California wine in the mountains of Colorado. image