sebastianschier
How NFTs are helping fight wine fraud
NFTs are more than digital artwork. Read on Bourbon And Boots how we use NFTs to fight wine fraud and transform bottles into a smart...
sebastianschier
- Jul 4
- 1 min
vinID calling - large scale fraud in Bordeaux
Eleven people, including the owner of a Médoc château and several wine merchants, were arrested last week on suspicion of fraud. Nine...
sebastianschier
- Jun 10
- 1 min
NFTs and their Future in Wine
Jane Anson - Inside Bordeaux has published a comprehensive article about NFTs and their future in wine. Vintners are set to benefit the...
sebastianschier
- May 10
- 1 min
Tokenization of Wine - Enabling an Extended Consumer Experience
While tokenization of assets such as wine is still in an early stage of its development, it is already of increasing economic importance....
sebastianschier
- May 4
- 1 min
Kloster Eberbach introduces vinID tags - auction wines sealed with Blockchain technology
Wines have been auctioned at Eberbach Monastery since 1806. This long tradition was already brought into a new age last year. Due to the...
sebastianschier
- Mar 21
- 1 min
Blockchain-based Tech Meets Fine Wine
VDP is adopting NFTs From Meininger: "Readers of last week’s Meininger’s articles on NFTs may be interested to learn that the new...
sebastianschier
- Mar 16
- 1 min
Enable your customers to check authenticity!
Chinese police has recently busted a substantial fake wine operation in Jiangsu province. They confiscated over 8'000 fake Penfolds...
sebastianschier
- Mar 11
- 3 min
For a good cause - Record bid of 31,500 euros at VDP.Rheingau wine auction
This is a translation of the original press release from Kloster Eberbach. A total of 3'619 bottles went under the hammer with a total...
sebastianschier
- Mar 4
- 1 min
VDP.Rheingau x vinID - prestigious wine auction since 1806
vinID will seal all bottles of the prestigious wine auction of VDP.Rheingau with collectID NFC tags. The non-removable tags are...
sebastianschier
- Feb 3
- 2 min
NFTs – Let’s get physical
Global NFT (non-fungible token) sales are setting new highs. In 2021 they reached nearly USD 25 billion after totalling only around USD...
sebastianschier
- Sep 28, 2021
- 1 min
Spotlight China: 13,000 cases of counterfeit Bordeaux wines worth nearly USD 50 million
As reported by Vino Joy, a wedding banquet in China’s eastern Shandong province has led police to uncover the biggest fake Bordeaux wine...
sebastianschier
- Jul 26, 2021
- 1 min
For the future of the Ahr Valley - A call for donations
We would like to express our deepest solidarity and our thoughts are with all those affected by the storm in NRW and RLP, especially in...
sebastianschier
- Jul 5, 2021
- 1 min
Let's hope the bottle did not win a world travel award
A wine lover's dream - referring to a recent tasting note by the wineterminator. "There is something magical about Mouton Rothschild. Of...
sebastianschier
- Jun 4, 2021
- 2 min
Blockchain against wine counterfeiting
Swiss start-up protects wine against counterfeiters According to estimates, up to 20% of fine wine is faked, costing the industry and...
sebastianschier
- Apr 24, 2021
- 1 min
Château Cheval Blanc 1955 without any doubt about its provenance
I am referring to a recent tasting note by the wineterminator. This is how the immutable vinID passport of the bottle of Château Cheval...
sebastianschier
- Mar 22, 2021
- 1 min
Sophisticated Penfolds fake operation in China busted
An interprovincial police investigation uncovered the biggest Penfolds counterfeiting operation in China to date. The amount of fake...
sebastianschier
- Mar 2, 2021
- 1 min
Provenance matters – “There are no great old wines, only great old bottles”
A recent anecdote by Wineterminator highlights the importance of Provenance. “Bottle variation can be a nightmare unless you are on the...
sebastianschier
- Feb 25, 2021
- 1 min
Weinkellerei Stämpfli AG equips Bordeaux 2018 with vinID NFC tags
We are pleased to announce a new partnership with Weinkellerei Stämpfli AG from Bern region.
sebastianschier
- Feb 16, 2021
- 1 min
A Counterfeiting Puzzle: Sassicaia 2010 - 2015
In October 2020, the Italian police Guardia di Finanza (GdF) uncovered a sophisticated and organised network of wine counterfeiters in...
sebastianschier
- Jan 19, 2021
- 2 min
“Fine wine – a real asset or “just” passion?“
Fine wine is about passion and emotion. It transports cultural heritage, but is it also a real asset? Long-term fine wine investments...