The Alps are not defined by a single pursuit, but by a system of conditions that shape how people live, build, and return. Sport, wine, food, culture, philanthropy, property, wellness, and adventure together form a complete spectrum of alpine life. Here we outline eight Capstone projects shaped by the Alps, built within them, or by those formed by them. Each has a personal connection, either through direct experience or through the individuals behind them.

Across the Cotswolds, individuals are building projects that reflect their passions. Vineyards, organic farms, football clubs, distilleries, restaurants, pub guides. Each is rooted in the unique assets of the region, whether land, produce or culture. Once you begin looking through this lens, they become visible everywhere.

Collating the descriptions of Brigitte Bardot (known worldwide as B.B.) reveals how the world accentuated certain traits, like a French locomotive gaining unstoppable momentum:

Guy Ritchie, the British director known for his stylized gangster films such Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch. Yet one could argue his true passion lies in his Wild Kitchen Capstone. Part of his Cashmere Caveman Co, it is an innovative take on outdoor entertaining, primeval cooking, with luxurious features and modern comforts for fire, food and friends.

The Coronation Food Project is inspired by King Charles III which seeks to tackle food waste and food insecurity across all four nations of the United Kingdom. The project hopes to establish an enduring legacy in His Majesty's name by encouraging others to take part in the fund's vision and mission and to help it grow. The Project aims to rescue surplus food and redistribute it to those who need it most, whilst supporting local farmers and reducing carbon emissions

We wrote an article for leading UK newspaper City AM about Defence Capstones… how many tech entrepreneurs are focusing their time, energy, assets and skills onto defence companies. The US is world-leading and creating an innovation flywheel to support frontier tech companies and their founders to scale defence tech quickly. The UK needs to do the same.

We are in an age where people are willing to pay more for experiences. Whether that’s chartering a superyacht for the first time, committing to ownership of a megayacht for exploration or challenging themselves in the extreme environment of team or solo racing. The ultra-wealthy, who, despite having everything, are still looking for rarity, ie. being part of something unique and enthralling – such as being the first to explore and discover new unseen remote places.

A deep legacy arises when a person and a place fuse into a single cultural force, each helping amplify and defining the other. Muse and place…. Brigitte Bardot (known as B.B.) and St Tropez. B.B. didn’t just discover St Tropez, she transformed it, and in turn the town offered her sanctuary and myth. Few partnerships have been so symbiotic that both became iconic. Here we explore how they shaped one another, and in doing so, shaped culture itself

Writing for the prestigious luxury lifestyle magazine Club Oenologique, Simon Pavitt outlines how tech entrepreneurs are bringing a Silicon Valley mindset to the world of fine wine. We consider the disruptive impact of tech on wine lovers and explain the benefits for those willing to embrace the digital evolution. Often seen as old-fashioned, fragmented and complex, it’s an industry that has been slow (even overtly resistant) to adopt mainstream technologies, let alone cutting-edge ones

Andrew Winch is a world-renowned yacht designer who has created iconic vessels from small sailboats to over 100-meter superyachts. After a long and productive conversation with Andrew, we summarize his path to Capstone thinking and share some of the insights we gained from our discussion, as well as drawing from his past interviews.

Jane asked me to write about a new tool using cutting-edge technology called ChatGPT and its potential impact on wine, I was happy to help. …This is one of the first times that an AI tool of this type has become available to the mainstream, certainly one that is so easy to use and inevitably its adoption will be fast.

We can no longer look only at financial returns in isolation. Investment decisions can be enhanced by effectively using non-financial information about an organisation’s operating practices around material ESG factors. With every business owner being accountable over ESG issues, the cost of ignoring it heightens the risk for all

Climate change is our defining fight. Pledges to strive for ‘net zero’ by governments, institutions and businesses are one thing. Taking immediate action is another. If 10 GtCO2 needs to be removed annually from the atmosphere by 2050, a clear transition is required to meet an energy system that is net zero. But this isn’t about slowly working out what to do in 20 years’ time. The level of greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) this decade will determine whether the temperature rise can be limited to 1.5°C. This report looks at who is taking action now, and how.

Engineering is about the relentless pursuit of performance gains. There are, on average, over 1,000 staff behind the scenes per team, all hyper-focused on every aspect of racing to ensure that the drivers receive the best possible race machinery each race weekend. F1 is hypercompetitive, which is a useful tool for technological progress and innovation. Teams push the boundaries of performance to achieve even milliseconds in race performance gains. It’s a goal that can often be applied as much to mainstream life as to racing.

Every now and then we get hit by a wave of very clever people all saying something similar, often driven by progress in technology coupled with an increase in clarity on what that technology could make possible…

 Media is a dance—the interplay between content, culture, conversations and Commerce. At the end of the day, you can have good content, culture and conversations, but if you can’t commercialise it, it’s hard to have a sustainable media business. The stable overall growth pattern of the media market masks an underlying shift and volatility. Our article summarises a white paper we wrote for the London Technology Club with full access to the report.

Robert “Bertie“ Eden is a committed pioneer and THE reference for organic and biodynamic winemaking. He is a forward-thinking icon leading to inspire widespread environmental change. His winery, Chateau Maris, “is one of the top five most environmentally friendly vineyards in the world”. A fantastic biodynamic wine Capstone.

Fashion is one of the largest industries in the global economy, estimated at $2.5 trillion. With rapid advances in technology and changing customer demands, the industry will see huge amounts of innovation in the coming years. Capstone projects of the future could range from digital clothing and lab-grown leather to use of AI and stores of the future.

Yalda Alaoui is the founder of Eat Burn Sleep, an online educational health platform focused on teaching people how to achieve optimal health by living an anti-inflammatory lifestyle. After two near-death experiences, Yalda found meaning and fulfillment from her Capstone: becoming a gut health and inflammation expert to assist others to adopt easy, enjoyable, and sustainable practices around their wellness.

This is an extract from the Future Technology in Fine Wine Report, Wingman Founder Simon Pavitt wrote for the London Technology Club. Published in October 2021, the report provided a meta-style analysis of the potential impact technology could have on the fine wine industry. This, in our humble opinion, is a typical day not too far away for a fine wine lover.