Fraudulent wines account for around $70 billion each year globally, leaving wine producers substantially out of pocket. But two WA developers are now using cutting edge blockchain technology and RFID chips embedded in screwcaps to beat the theft, as Neil Dowling writes. Global wine counterfeiting has become a massive headache that is leaving wine producers
Getting wine from the vineyard to the shelves has always remained a stressful experience each vintage for grapegrowers and winemakers alike. When their wines are ready to be bottled, nothing could be worse than an easily-avoidable bottling line mishap slowing down the process. Journalist Samuel Squire spoke with bottling contractors and wineries about ways to
When thinking of sparkling wines, many consumers, winemakers and bottling contractors would tend to think they are sealed off with a cork, with an exception made for piccolo-sized bottles. Some wine producers are beginning to seal some of their sparkling wines with crown cork caps, better known as bottle caps and more commonly associated with