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Why Wine & Spirits Needs a Stronger Authentication Approach

What NFC Authentication Actually Means for a Wine or Spirits Bottle

Where the NFC Chip Goes: Integration Options for Wine & Spirits

How NFC Authentication Works: From Bottling Line to Consumer Tap

NFC vs Serialised QR for Wine & Spirits: Choosing the Right Technology

NFC Authentication by Category

The Consumer Tap Experience

What Wine & Spirits Brands Gain from NFC Authentication

Authenticate Every Bottle. Know Where Every Bottle Goes.

NFC Authentication for Wine & Spirits: How It Works and Why It Matters

Why Platform Evaluation Needs a Structured Framework

Question 1: How is product identity structured and who controls it?

Question 2: Does the platform support multiple access technologies under one identity or does each technology create its own data silo?

Question 3: What is the security architecture, specifically at the chip level and the backend validation level?

Question 4: How does the platform detect and surface grey market diversion?

Question 5: Who owns the data and what are the contractual terms around data portability?

Question 6: How does the platform support EU Digital Product Passport compliance and is it built into the same infrastructure or a separate system?

Question 7: How does the platform handle lifecycle identity does the product record persist through resale, ownership transfer, and secondary market transactions?

Question 8: How does the platform integrate with existing core systems ERP, supply chain, CRM, and e-commerce?

Question 9: How is the platform deployed in manufacturing and what is the true implementation timeline and operational complexity?

Question 10: What does the platform's roadmap look like and is the vendor's business model aligned with the brand's long-term interests?

A Quick Evaluation Scorecard

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10 Questions to Ask When Evaluating a Connected Product Platform

Why Premium Spirits Is One of the Most Grey-Marketed Categories in the World

The Visibility Gap: Why Brands Discover Diversion Too Late

How Serialised Product Identity Detects Diversion in Real Time

What Grey Market Signals Look Like in Practice

From Delayed Reporting to Real-Time Product Signal

The Three Value Levers Serialisation Creates for Spirits Brands

The Risk Brands Must Avoid: Fragmented vs. Unified Identity

What Premium Spirits Brands Actually Gain

Featured Research

Digitised Products: Product Identity as Infrastructure

How Premium Spirits Brands Are Using Serialised Products to Detect Grey Market Activity Before It Hits Margin

Why the Internal Case for Authentication Is Harder Than It Should Be

The Four Revenue and Value Streams Authentication Creates

The Pitch for Each Internal Stakeholder

Answering the Three Objections That Kill Most Authentication Proposals

A Implementation Timeline to Include in Your Proposal

The One-Page Business Case Summary

Ready to Build Your Authentication Business Case?

How to Make the Business Case for Product Authentication 

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Rethinking Product Identity