Eddie, I clicked on the link to the product in that article and see that it is for Epifanes products, I just happen to recently use some of their high end varnish over a master bathroom solid cherry vanity countertop. First I coated it with a few coats of clear penetrating epoxy(system 3 clear coat epoxy) and then put 4 coats of varnish. It should hold up for 5 years like that. It was the designers idea to do a wood top in the bathroom

Varnish is a pain in the butt in my dusty shop

Anyway, good to know I did it right.
I like the part where it talks about putting a coat over the CPES and having a better bond than if it were simply just on the wood itself.