Select Club dVIN members will set out on a fantastical journey that can span snipping grapes, extraordinary adventures, and breaking floor on the brand new Ser Kem Winery
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Photos of Bhutan, courtesy of Bhutan Wine Company
THIMPHU, Bhutan, Sept. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Club dVIN, the world’s premier international non-fungible token (NFT) wine membership, has introduced an unprecedented alternative for oenophiles to take part in one in every of a sequence of weeklong excursions throughout Bhutan’s first wine grape harvest. Spanning 10 weeks from late July by means of late September 2023, every of the journeys will host 15 members.
In complete, the 150 Club dVIN members will be part of a mixture of a number of esteemed founding members, together with co-founders David Garrett and Behdad Shahsavari, Masters of Wine David Forer and Philip Harden, and VII(N) – The Seventh Estate co-founders, Carmelo Anthony and Asani Swann. In addition, a handful A-list celebrities will be part of the tour on choose weeks. Club dVIN will start accepting reservations on the web site at clubdvin.com/bhutan in late fall.
“If you love wine and adventure, this is an unmatched opportunity to fill your cup with both while taking in the breathtaking beauty of Bhutan,” mentioned David Garrett, co-founder of Club dVIN together with Behdad Shahsavari and Brian Feuer. “This is the first harvest in a region that is expected to produce incredible wines for generations to come, and we’re thrilled to have the opportunity to bring Club dVIN members along for this fantastical journey.”
It’s a visit for adventurers who’re keen to tackle the excessive altitude in Bhutan, which affords one of many best-preserved, least-spoiled ecosystems on the planet. The tour might be full of unbelievable experiences, from snipping grapes in the vineyards to visiting monasteries, talking with scientists, crossing Bhutan’s longest suspension bridge, and even river rafting by means of the rapids of the Mo Chhu River. Plus, the Club dVIN members who’re chosen to go on this journey will even have the chance to work in varied sides of breaking floor on the brand new Ser Kem Winery, the primary in the Kingdom of Bhutan.
The journey will even present members with the chance to earn new Tasting Token™ NFTs, which permit wine drinkers to document tasting notes and extra, together with who the bottle of wine was loved with and the place the wine was uncorked. Tasting Token™ NFTs, created with know-how proprietary to Club dVIN, are minted when bottles connected to a Club dVIN Digital Cork™ NFT are opened. The Digital Cork, additionally proprietary to Club dVIN, gives a certificates of authenticity, chain of custody and proof of provenance, making it potential to observe the journey of the wine in addition to works to disincentivize fraud.
Club dVIN formally launched to the general public in late June with an preliminary providing of 4,000 useful NFT memberships, which come in two tiers: Genesis and Global Insider. The entry value for the preliminary launch of three,500 Genesis NFTs is 1.5 ETH, presently valued at roughly $2,475/USD. The entry value for the preliminary 500 Global Insider is 3 ETH, presently valued at roughly $4,950/USD. Plus, 950 Genesis NFTs and 50 Global Insider NFTs have been gifted to pals, household and founding members.
Club dVIN members have entry to a worldwide neighborhood of like-minded wine and web3 lovers and specialists, together with the 100 founding members. They embrace sommelier-turned-winemaker and writer, Rajat “Raj” Parr; main sommeliers Valentina Litman and Michael Madrigale, who’s co-founder of Grande Cuvée; Rich Antoniello, founding father of Complex Media; tastemaker Jana Kreilein; Bordeaux professional Jane Anson; Philip Harden, Richard Hemming and David Forer, all Masters of Wine; and completed winemaker and vintner Sashi Moorman; in addition to a number of members of the Bored Ape Yacht Club. Recently, Maureen Downey, wine fraud professional; Desmond Echavarrie, Master Sommelier; Anne Krebiehl, Master of Wine and editor of Falstaff; Dan Petroski, cult California winemaker; Angela Scott, Master of Wine candidate and Liquid Icons/Golden Vines Diversity Scholar; Simon Pavitt, wine collector and COO of the London Technology Group; and MJ Towler, The Black Wine Guy Experience podcaster and wine auctioneer. The various membership spans greater than a dozen nations together with the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Venezuela, Spain, Hong Kong, France, Canada, Singapore and Argentina.
A complete define of privileges of membership will be discovered on the web site and contains entry to Club dVIN’s intensive community of winemakers, wineries, wine specialists, collectors and extra; uncommon wine tastings and experiences across the globe; unique affords, together with extremely coveted library wines and first releases straight from the producer; and unique content material and schooling, corresponding to unique content material from winemakers and insider data shared immediately from Club dVIN’s neighborhood. Global Insiders additionally obtain 24/7 concierge providers.
Club dVIN was created by Garrett, whose experience spans greater than 25 years in the know-how and wine industries, globally; Feuer, whose 30-year profession in finance and enterprise capital contains 20 years of enterprise structuring with a worldwide chief, McKinsey & Company; and Shahsavari, who brings a long time of expertise in wine, enterprise capital, start-ups, and administration consulting to the first-of-its-kind NFT membership. Together, they’re working alongside a collective of among the finest minds and firms in wine and know-how, together with Protokol and Logos, every business leaders in web3, NFTs and cryptocurrency.
More details about Club dVIN is out there on the web site in addition to on Club dVIN’s Instagram and Twitter channels. Daily content material is posted on Club dVIN’s Discord, together with wine discussions and weekly occasions round all issues wine and crypto.
The world’s premier international non-fungible token (NFT) wine membership, Club dVIN gives entry to a worldwide neighborhood of wine lovers, uncommon wine choices and curated experiences. Club dVIN’s Tasting Token™ NFTs present proof of expertise and can be utilized to entry distinctive alternatives across the globe. Members will even have the ability to entry Club dVIN’s signature Digital Cork™ know-how, making it potential to certify authenticity and monitor the lifetime of a bottle of wine “from grape to glass.” More details about Club dVIN will be discovered on the web site at www.clubdvin.com and on Club dVIN’s Discord in addition to on Instagram and Twitter. Trademarks for Tasting Token™ and Digital Cork™ are presently beneath assessment. Membership tokens and Tasting Tokens aren’t securities and aren’t supposed for funding functions.
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