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Dan McQ

Dan McQuillen
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Here's the AP story that ran accompanying the lovely promotional photos above.

Looks like a gadget that might actually have some utility, assuming it actually works that is...
 
But will it tell you if they "got over" TCA problems??
It looks like a "portable" device that could easily "jump" from bottle to bottle
 
Good point.

I think this may have its greatest application assuring those who shop at Costco for their bordeaux that everything is alright.
 
originally posted by Dan McQ:
re: bottle jumpingGood point.

I think this may have its greatest application assuring those who shop at Costco for their bordeaux that everything is alright.
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And anything electronic has the prospect of being reprogrammed after the fact, or simply erased. Another approach to the same goal is the use of thermochromic inks that irreversibly change color above a certain threshold temperature. That technology is used with vaccines sent to the Third World to assure that only properly handled vaccines are administered. I also recall hearing that certain high end Burgundy producers adopting the same technology a few years ago. This has the advantage of being both permanent and hard to monkey with, short of removing the label (hardly a subtle tweak).

Mark Lipton
 
But didn't the Ponsot "dot" fail even basic post-hoc heat-exposure tests, or am I confusing technologies?
 
originally posted by Thor:
But didn't the Ponsot "dot" fail even basic post-hoc heat-exposure tests, or am I confusing technologies?
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I couldn't tell you. I only recall the vaguest details and can't recall where I read about it. Maybe Claude would know the full story.

Mark Lipton
 
There was something on one of those other fora we're not supposed to talk about. I'm not up for the search right now, but maybe someone else remembers.
 
originally posted by Thor:
Here we go: the dot failing to work. And again.
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It's a shame that Ponsot's technology, whatever it is, is so buggy, as the idea is a sound one. As I said, these inks are used with vaccines to assure proper handling all along the transport chain. The difference, of course, is cost: when dealing with vaccines, you can tolerate a much higher cost for your safeguard than you can if dealing with a "luxury good" like wine. FWIW, here's a link to a patent dealing with this topic:

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www.freepatentsonline.com
 
The Pak-Sense temp monitors really do work.
We've been using them for the past two summers now, to monitor domestic shipping of our wines throughout the country.

Given some of the limitations of the product-- 3-month battery life, a lack of ability to imbed the monitor into the product in any non-tamperable way, unit cost-- I think its uses are pretty limited.

But what it does, it does well. It will no doubt be of interest chiefly to:
-Importers who wish to monitor storage temps from the producer's cellar door to the importer's warehouse
-Wineries who wish to verify temps when shipping to customer
-Serious collectors who want to verify shipping conditions of expensive wines they've purchased

regards,
 
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