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ASI Launches World’s First Smart Wine Bottle

The Smart Label provides bottle temperature, vintage details and authentication information.

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By: Anthony Locicero

Copy editor, New York Post

American Semiconductor launched the world’s first truly Smart Wine Bottle using American Semiconductor’s patented FleX technology. 

“We utilized our Flex-NFC ICs to make a truly remarkable, interactive and informative wine label to delight consumers and benefit winemakers. The Flex-NFC is ideal for temperature reporting with NFC connections to everyone’s smartphone and provides a new personal link between the winery and the consumer,” said Doug Hackler, president and CEO of American Semiconductor.

“This Smart Label provides consumers and resellers information including the temperature of the bottle, vintage details and authentication information. For Koenig Winery the smart label can provide a new ability to interact with their customers via mobile phones pre and post-sale,” added Richard Ellinger, American Semiconductor VP of sales and marketing.

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