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Some wineries are using temperature-sensitive labels to track whether or not their wines overheat during shipping
Posted: Aug 11, 2011 5:00pm ET

For years there has been talk among those in the wine trade about creating a seal, or band that would indicate if a wine had been exposed to excessive heat. That is, the indicator would change colors if a shipment had overheated at any point during the delivery process. The technology is there, so why aren't more wineries using them?

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