“Beaucarnea’s Wine Capsule: Guaranteeing Quality with Temperature Measurement during Transport”

This capsule created by a Breton company makes it possible to know what temperatures, maximum or minimum, experienced a bottle of wine during its transport, in order to guarantee its quality even after having crossed the world.

A capsule for measuring the minimum and maximum temperatures experienced by a bottle of wine during transport is the invention of Beaucarnea, a Breton company from Larmor-Plage, in Morbihan.

Indeed, any lover of Burgundy grands crus knows that when a bottle is exposed to excessive heat, the aging process of the wine can be accelerated and the flavors of the beverage altered.

“The cap gets stuck in the bottom of the bottle”, shows Tegwen Naveos, founder of Beaucarnea. “If your bottle of wine got 40°C in a car, you’ll finally find out.”

Two hands allow you to clearly see these temperatures, in degrees Celsius and in Fahrenheit. If your bottle has already experienced a temperature of 40°C, the needle will always remain in front of this number. A third needle makes it possible to observe the temperature at the present moment of the bottle.

In addition to being able to check that the quality of your bottle of wine is preserved, this capsule would allow you to authenticate, at a glance, the domain name and the vintage thanks to a unique number and a color code.

Tegwen Naveos hopes to convince, in the coming months, the biggest domains to work with her company and to use her capsule at the time of bottling.

“We are already working with two estates in Burgundy and are negotiating with other estates, particularly in Bordeaux, but we have barely started marketing in February”, details Tegwen Naveos.

Among these Burgundy winegrowers, Yann Durieux, who works at the Recrue des Sens estate, in Messanges, in Côte-d’Or.

“We are sure that there is no problem with the temperature with our employees who provide transport”he explains.

“But as soon as the bottle is resold, we cannot avoid a cardboard box lying around somewhere warm. This capsule makes it possible to be certain that the wine has been stored in spite of everything.”

The price of this capsule is estimated at around fifteen euros. It would therefore initially be intended for bottles of a certain price. The Recrue des Sens estate sells 200,000 bottles each year, and intends to include Beaucarnea little by little in its stock.

“The device will be less and less expensive if it is used more and more. So we will use the capsule from time to time, it will take a little time before it is generalized to all our bottles.”

Yann Durieux also hopes to include this capsule for the bottling of his 2021 vintage. So don’t be surprised if you see this strange object on the bottom of your wine bottle in the coming months.