The Italian Wine Crypto Bank is part of the World Wine Crypto Bank Project and is a trademark of The I Factor Ltd,
a Hong Kong-registered company founded in 2010. It is a revolutionary concept envisioned and lead by a team of gifted professionals.
The Company has provided top-notch services for the worldwide marketing, promotion and trading of made-in-Italy food and wines.
EVENTS PRODUCTION & MANAGEMENT
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ITALIAN CUISINE & WINES WORLD SUMMITThe Italian Cuisine & Wines World Summit is an internationally famed event aimed at promoting authentic and quality food and wine at both B2B and B2C levels. Dozens of Italian wineries and food producers, with their importers and distributors, have featured in the 12 annual editions of the event. |
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ITALIAN WINE LIST AWARDSThe Italian Wine List Awards were established in 2010 to bestow accolades and recognition to restaurants and hotels for their commitment to the smart inclusion of Italian wines in their lists. The Awards are a significant independent contribution to both the marketing of quality Italian wines and to the education of wine professionals around the world, and ultimately to consumers. |
EVENTS PRODUCTION & MANAGEMENT
ITALIAN CUISINE & WINES WORLD SUMMIT
The Italian Cuisine & Wines World Summit is an internationally famed event aimed at promoting authentic and quality food and wine at both B2B and B2C levels. Dozens of Italian wineries and food producers, with their importers and distributors, have featured in the 12 annual editions of the event.
ITALIAN WINE LIST AWARDS
The Italian Wine List Awards were established in 2010 to bestow accolades and recognition to restaurants and hotels for their commitment to the smart inclusion of Italian wines in their lists. The Awards are a significant independent contribution to both the marketing of quality Italian wines and to the education of wine professionals around the world, and ultimately to consumers.
MARKETING AND E-COMMERCE
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ZHONG CAN YI JIU – CHINESE CUISINES MEET ITALIAN WINESZhong Can Yi Jiu – Chinese Cuisines meet Italian Wines is the first worldwide marketing program of its kind. It focuses on matching Chinese cuisines, either traditional or contemporary, to the Italian wines of Partner wineries. |
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HOSPITALITY CONSULTANCIESIts vast and recognized database of professional contacts and relationships drove The I Factor Ltd to produce Italian and/or international Michelin-starred chefs, world-level Sommeliers, and/ or Food Artisans. Among the latest customers: St Regis Hotel Astana (Kazakhstan); Sheraton Grande Hotel, Renaissance Hotel and St Regis Bangkok (Thailand); Bahrain Hospitality and Restaurant Expo; Avari Hotel Karachi and Lahore and Serena Islamabad (Pakistan). |
MARKETING AND E-COMMERCE
ZHONG CAN YI JIU – CHINESE CUISINES MEET ITALIAN WINES
Zhong Can Yi Jiu – Chinese Cuisines meet Italian Wines is the first worldwide marketing program of its kind. It focuses on matching Chinese cuisines, either traditional or contemporary, to the Italian wines of Partner wineries.
HOSPITALITY CONSULTANCIES
Its vast and recognized database of professional contacts and relationships drove The I Factor Ltd to produce Italian and/or international Michelin-starred chefs, world-level Sommeliers, and/ or Food Artisans. Among the latest customers: St Regis Hotel Astana (Kazakhstan); Sheraton Grande Hotel, Renaissance Hotel and St Regis Bangkok (Thailand); Bahrain Hospitality and Restaurant Expo; Avari Hotel Karachi and Lahore and Serena Islamabad (Pakistan).
INDUSTRY PUBLISHING
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ITALIAN WINE TRENDSThis weekly newsletter reaches over 30,000 readers every week and targets B2B operators, media, and discerning wine lovers all over the world (B2C). It’s published in English, Italian and Chinese. |
INDUSTRY PUBLISHING
ITALIAN WINE TRENDS
This weekly newsletter reaches over 30,000 readers every week and targets B2B operators, media, and discerning wine lovers all over the world (B2C). It’s published in English, Italian and Chinese.
PROFESSIONAL COMMUNITIES MANAGEMENT
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MELIUS – THE WORLD’S BEST & LEADING ITALIAN RESTAURANTSIt’s a voluntary fellowship of quality and authentic Italian Restaurants outside of Italy that are committed to preserve, uphold and share Italy’s extraordinary culinary culture and exquisite hospitality.Almost 300 restaurants in 75 countries are part of the network (pre-Covid 19 data), split between those belonging to The World’s Leading Italian Restaurants and The World’s 100 Best Italian Restaurants. MELIUS membership is an implicit global recognition of excellence. |
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ITCHEFS-GVCIFounded in 2001, Itchefs-GVCI is currently a network of over 2500 chefs, restaurateurs, managers, and culinary professionals working in 76 countries around the world. The network also includes sommeliers, food & beverage managers, other hospitality managers, importers, distributors, retailers, and media people. |
PROFESSIONAL COMMUNITIES MANAGEMENT
MELIUS – THE WORLD’S BEST & LEADING ITALIAN RESTAURANTS
It’s a voluntary fellowship of quality and authentic Italian Restaurants outside of Italy that are committed to preserve, uphold and share Italy’s extraordinary culinary culture and exquisite hospitality.
Almost 300 restaurants in 75 countries are part of the network (pre-Covid 19 data), split between those belonging to The World’s Leading Italian Restaurants and The World’s 100 Best Italian Restaurants.
MELIUS membership is an implicit global recognition of excellence.
ITCHEFS-GVCI
Founded in 2001, Itchefs-GVCI is currently a network of over 2500 chefs, restaurateurs, managers, and culinary professionals working in 76 countries around the world. The network also includes sommeliers, food & beverage managers, other hospitality managers, importers, distributors, retailers, and media people.
Rosario Scarpato
Founder & Director
Vinicio Eminenti
Partner, Wine acquisitions
Davide Casalin
Partner, Director of Operations
Anna Paclet
Wineries Relationship Manager
ROSARIO SCARPATO
The founder and Director of the Italian Wine Crypto Bank is the CEO of The I Factor LTD, the Hong Kong-based company that owns and manages the project. In the last twenty-five years, Rosario has created and directed successful businesses in Australia (where he lived for over 18 years), Hong Kong, and Dubai. His companies have been active in the fields of international TV and media productions, events management around the world (New York, Moscow, Buenos Aires, Sapporo, Montreal, Stuttgart, Beijing, and Shanghai), F&B (hospitality) consulting and trading, cultural attractions and professional community management. TV producer, author, and food and wine writer – he collaborated with Epicure – The Age (Australia), Sobremesa (Spain), Cuisine and Vins (Argentina), Gambero Rosso (Italy), and has also written relevant academic articles on the topic of gastronomy and hospitality.
VINICIO EMINENTI
Expert wine merchant from Tuscany, he is the CEO of both VM Fine Wines (Guangzhou – China) and Eurasia Trading and Consulting (Hong Kong) and a partner of The I Factor Ltd. Vinicio has been based in China since 1994 from where he has imported and distributed the products of prominent Italian wineries, developing an extensive knowledge of Italian fine wines and the related business. As a Sommelier, he is the President of the AIS Club China, the Chinese chapter of the Association of Italian Sommeliers, and is also a delegate of the Italian Cuisine Academy in China.
DAVIDE CASALIN
Davide has successfully combined his expertise in crypto and digital assets with his studies, including a Master in Food and Wine at the, Ca’ Foscari University (Venice), where he studied also Japanese Literature. He has managed important events within the Italian Cuisine and Wines World Summit (in Honk Kong, Beijing, and Dubai), and since 2017 he is the Project Manager of the Zhong Can Yi Jiu Program, Chinese Cuisines meet Italian Wine, which has involved 90 Italian wineries and over 70 China-based Chefs and Sommeliers. He is responsible for the relationship IWCB – Partner Wineries.
ANNA PACLET
As a Sommelier daughter of an Italian Canadian mother and a French father she has grown up between Champagne and Brunello di Montalcino developing a formidable palate. Anna has worked in Brazil, Singapore, and Switzerland and has been Head Sommelier at l’Ora d’Aria by chef Marco Stabile (one Michelin star) in Florence. For her customers, she selects rare and exclusive wines with the aim of creating extraordinary experiences or sound investments. She specializes in fine Italian wines’ medium- and long-term returns in relation to their quality, based on technical evaluations and tastings, particularly precious to crypto holders in the context of the IWCB.
SIMONE LUCA GAGLIARDI
With a career of over 30 years in food and beverage, Luca has worked in prestigious restaurants across the world, alongside chefs as Gordon Ramsay, Marco Pierre White, Santi Santamaria and in top hotels including Connaught (London), Fitzwilliam (Belfast), Clarence (Dublin) and Hilton and Atlantis (Dubai). Sommelier AIS (Association of Italian Sommeliers_ since 1992 and WSET Educator he has been based in Dubai since 2012, where he opened restaurants as Roberto’s Lounge, managed food outlets at the Capital Club, and has been Wine Director of various editions of the Italian Cuisine and Wines World Summit. Luca acts as a permanent trait de union between the world of Italian fine wines and the crypto-investors community.
MARCO CIPRIANI
Since 1985 he has been active in the IT – ICT fields and through every major related “innovation”. Since 2016 he is fully committed to BlockChain and its applications. As a Certified BlockChain Expert, he has been involved and taken part in a wide range of BlockChain-based projects in Italy and other countries: e-Government, Internet bandwidth extension, P2P renewable energy MiniGrid, and more in general in Tokenisation of the most varied assets. Among the latest of his projects, there is the creation of a Startup applying BlockChain to a brand-new frontier, selected by the Italian Government for a joint acceleration in the United Arab Emirates, within Dubai Future Foundation. For his contribution to UAE innovations, he has been granted the Golden (Resident). In the IWCB team, he supervises the fintech aspects in relation to the web world of cryptos and international regulations.