The fluorescence security elements for checking a genuine product of wine.

In 2014, the fake wine of over 28 million Euro has been caught in Italia that is the largest wine production country of the world. According to EUIPO, the annual fake wine is estimated to occupy around 2.3% of the sales legally sold in total.

There are a lot of the fake wines that are in genuine bottles, different in the contents and there are many cases that mix and put low quality grape or put various kinds of harmful chemical addictives such as hydrochloric acid, manure and fertilizer etc. to make tannin taste like ripening in oak barrel. As the method of forging wine is getting bolder and bolder and advancing, consumer's attention is needed.

The below photo is the label of wine being circulated in the Korean mart. As a DOCG authentication label of Italia which is an abbereviation of Denominazione di origine controllata e garantita, the fluorescence security elements that can check the genuine wine is displayed, when lighting UV rays.

As the fake wine is in full swing, each wine brand is utilizing various methods such as bar code check, hologram packing (mark), microchip label, fine lettering etc. When purchasing wine, you can prevent the damage caused by the fake wine only when checking the bottle and label and purchasing at the safe and reliable sales places without fail.