McMinn

According to industry experts, counterfeit wine could affect as much as 5 percent of wines sold in secondary markets. Eager to address the growing threat posed by producers of imitation wines, several of Napa Valley’s most prestigious wineries—including Colgin Cellars, HL Vineyards, Vineyard 29 and Staglin Family Vineyard—are employing a new, high-tech anticounterfeiting technology from Kodak, Rochester, N.Y., to protect their brands and customers. The Kodak anticounterfeiting technology prevents counterfeiters from duplicating product packaging using invisible markers that are added to printing inks, paper and other packaging elements. The markers are detectable only with proprietary handheld readers, which are leased to customers and