Temp Telling Wine Labels

The AP released a feature today about a new technology that's starting to gain some momentum in the wine world - temperature monitoring labels. These new labels are about the size of a sugar packet and get stuck to a bottle before it's sent out to be sold. Basically, these little tags are wired to monitor the temperature of the wine while in transit. What that means is that if you pick up a bottle of wine in the store, you'll immediately know if it's going to be bad due to "cooking" that occured in the cargo hold of a train or on the back of a semi truck. Pretty cool, right? There's a link to the story above, but here's a brief snippet to wet your whistle:

"About the size of a sugar packet, the labels can be programmed for a range of temperatures and placed directly on the product or its packaging. A light flashes green if the product stays within specifications and yellow if it doesn't. Information on exactly what temperatures the product reached and when can be downloaded via a portable reader into a computer spreadsheet. If there is a problem, the data show where it occurred, helpful in determining who's responsible."