Négociants

Overview

Verifiable Provenance. Imagine what this means for the fine wine industry: You can authenticate, track and monitor storage temperature of every bottle. Until now, Provenance came only in the form of verbal reassurance from the distribution chain. Verifiable Provenance, in terms of authenticity, traceability and the storage temperature of fine wine increases the value of a bottle of fine wine. Wine auction data consistently demonstrate this fact.

The eProvenance system allows you to verify your consignments upon their arrival at your warehouse and at the moment they are shipped out, not only facilitating your inventory management and verifying shipments at the bottle level, but also allowing you to demonstrate your dedication to each bottle's Provenance.

eProvenance has assembled the technology and the team to measure and verify Provenance for the first time in history. Our "Intelligent Bottle" alleviates the threat of counterfeit while our system monitors and logs ambient temperatures in each case, thus assuring the retailer and consumer that proper storage conditions have been maintained at each stage of the distribution channel.

Designed to thwart counterfeiters and authenticate fine wine, and meet the EU requirements for food traceability, the eProvenance system uses several advanced technologies, including RFID, covert ink codes and multiple points of measurement coordinated by a high-speed password-protected, Internet database.

How do we do this?

The eProvenance system uses several advanced technologies, including RFID (Radio Frequency Identification), covert ink codes and multiple points of measurement coordinated by a high-speed password-protected, Internet database.

• ELECTRONIC TEMPERATURE MONITORING:

  In the eProvenance system, a temperature-monitoring Case Sensor is attached to each case of wine. The eProvenance Case Sensor is an active RFID Sensor with the capacity to measure the temperature three times a day and store the information in memory for future review and interpretation.

• TRACEABILITY OF EACH BOTTLE:

  Each bottle in the eProvenance system has a passive RFID Tag, which uniquely identifies each bottle in our high-speed, password-protected internet database. This Bottle Tag is discreetly mounted in the bottom well of the bottle. The Bottle Tag allows each bottle to be traced from the vat in the winery to the cellar of the consumer. This facilitates shipment confirmation and inventory management, and enhances the future value of the consumer’s cellar by verifying Provenance.

• ANTI-COUNTERFEIT INSURANCE:

  Each capsule in the eProvenance System is sealed by an eProvenance Numbered Neck Seal. The number on the Neck Seal is associated with the Bottle Tag number and Case Sensor number. The invisible code on each Neck Seal cannot be reverse engineered, but can be easily verified by the push of a button on the eProvenance Authenticator.

• EPROVENANCE AUTHENTICATOR:

  The eProvenance Authenticator is a simple yet sophisticated tool that reads the invisible code on the eProvenance Neck Seal. Lightweight, portable, inexpensive yet reliable, this Authenticator will be offered to participating retailers and auction houses

Key benefits for the Négociant:

• Ensure the quality of wine shipments.
• Automate inventory management.
• Verify each bottle at the moment of shipping.
• Reduce pilferage.
• Gain valuable knowledge of storage conditions in the distribution channel.