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A single bottle of rare whiskey can auction for $1 million or more, but the market is ripe with fraud. Scotland researchers are racing to build groundbreaking technology to identify fakes. (by markjellwood)

, where scientists in Bordeaux have investigated how to fight fakeries among bottles of its precious red wine).There was one problem with it, though: Testing the contents required collectors to open bottles, and so render their treasures worthless. The new approach, using laser spectroscopy, solves that conundrum.

Take a bottle that claims to be from 1955, perhaps: This technique could examine it, undamaged, to see what congeners or flavor compounds it contains. "If a chemical didn't exist before 1960, for example, you could look for it within that topography and know for sure," Bruce said. Clark reasoned that plasmonics could be used to analyze whiskey, creating a visual pattern of colors unique to each dram as the liquid is poured. He and his team developed a prototype which deploys well-established plasmonic technology. Clark considers this more a "tongue" than a sensor, though, since it doesn't capture molecules but instead allows them to wash through the device, as our tongue tastes food en route to our stomachs.

These technologies, developed in the heart of Scotland, could help protect one of its foremost exports: Counterfeit drinks,Yet Singh doubts they'll make a dent in the market for one reason. Both techniques rely on cross-checking results with a master database of readings from guaranteed-authentic bottles — which are all but impossible to source.

 

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markjellwood Sounds crazy. Is this not niche marketing at its peak.

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