I don't think he was implying any of those items were "superior" to their alternatives as much as pointing out that the cultural familiarity of the list allows

I don't think he was implying any of those items were "superior" to their alternatives as much as pointing out that the cultural familiarity of the list allows it to slip by without us questioning what a desire for pizza and ping pong have to do with the suitability of a candidate to a job. That aside, as a beer aficionado, I think that the "craft" has at least another generation or two to go before it's at wine-like levels of sophistication. It may never get there. The fundamental "problem" is that it's too easy to make world-class beer. Wine is heavily dependent on the whims of climate and the particularities of soil, while executing a great beer recipe just requires skill, time, and more or less readily available ingredients. EDIT: Yes, there are exceptions. Wild-fermented lambics require the right yeast-populated environment, but even that is something you can "grow" anywhere with enough time. They're not making more coastal hillsides in France.