There is a story behind the invention of the popular Portuguese wine Port. In the seventeenth century, English brandy was added to Portuguese wine to prevent the wine from souring and so a whole new type of wine was accidentally invented that would become a worldwide success.

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OTHER BRILLIANT FAILURES

Vincent van Gogh a brilliant failure?

The failure It is perhaps very daring to give a gifted painter like Vincent van Gogh a place in the Institute for Brilliant Failures…During his lifetime, the impressionist painter Vincent van Gogh was misunderstood [...]

Why failure is an option…

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