Wine production support system

Abstract

To provide a wine-production support system which enables a winery to reduce risks in wine-production.SOLUTION: The wine-production support system (1) comprises a plurality of wine-tanks (10) for brewing to be lent to a plurality of winery (5), and a wine-tank management server (13) which manages the wine-tanks (10) and is connected to a network. A wine-tank management server (13) includes wine-tank management processing (22) for managing a wine-tank (10), and manages a wine-tank ID and information on a winery (5) of a lending destination for each wine-tank (10).SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

[Technical Field]

[0001] The present invention relates to a wine production support system that supports wine production for a plurality of wineries that brew wine. [Background technology]

[0002] To brew wine, grapes are crushed, yeast is added, and the mixture is placed in a wooden barrel, tank, or the like. After a period of treatment under appropriate temperature control, fermentation occurs. In other words, wine is brewed. The brewed wine is bottled and aged for a predetermined period in an aging warehouse, or the like. Wine brewed in a wooden barrel, tank, or the like may be temporarily placed in a barrel, or the like, to be aged for a predetermined period before bottling. After this, the wine is similarly bottled and aged in an aging warehouse, or the like.

[0003] In recent years, concrete tanks, such as those described in Patent Document 1, have been increasingly used as wine brewing tanks. Concrete tanks have little temperature change and are air permeable, making them suitable for producing high-quality wine. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0004] [Patent Document 1] Japanese Patent Publication No. 2022-23360 [Patent Document 2] Patent No. 7337425 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0005] Wineries prepare multiple wooden barrels and tanks for wine brewing. This requires an initial investment. These barrels must be repaired or replaced as they deteriorate, placing a significant burden on wineries. While concrete tanks, which have become increasingly popular in recent years, are considered highly durable, the initial investment required places a significant burden on wineries. Wine requires a certain amount of time to brew, and it also needs to be aged for a certain period after bottling. This means it takes a long time for the wine to be sold and profitable, and it takes time to recover the costs. In other words, wineries face the problem of a large initial investment and a long recovery time. This creates risks when starting a new winery. Existing wineries also face challenges. Existing wineries prepare the necessary number of barrels and tanks in advance, but depending on grape production volume, they may not have enough, or they may go unused and go to waste. In other words, it is difficult for wineries to prepare the appropriate number of barrels and tanks.

[0006] Incidentally, although unrelated to the winery's cost issues, Patent Document 2 proposes a method for selling alcoholic beverages, in which a so-called NFT (Non-Fungible Token) is issued for each bottle of alcoholic beverage as a product and sold on a network. Since NFTs are linked one-to-one with each alcoholic beverage product, purchasing an NFT essentially means purchasing the product. In other words, products can be purchased and resold via NFTs.

[0007] The alcoholic beverage trading method described in Patent Document 2 is believed to be applicable to the sale of wine. According to this document, information regarding the storage of alcoholic beverages can be linked to NFTs and used. Specifically, this information includes the appropriate storage temperature, storage location, and storage period for alcoholic beverages. Purchasers of alcoholic beverages can obtain information about the temperature and period for which the product should be stored after purchase.

[0008] Information about the storage of alcoholic beverages is useful and valuable for wine. However, wine lovers not only want to know about the future storage of the wine they have purchased, but also want to know information about the wine during fermentation and aging. For example, information such as the temperature, fermentation period, and fermentation conditions during fermentation in the tank, and the temperature and aging period during aging of bottled wine, is needed because wine lovers want to understand wine more deeply, and this information is closely related to the quality of wine. However, the alcoholic beverage trading method described in Patent Document 2 does not provide a system or take into consideration the provision of such information during wine fermentation, etc.

[0009] The present invention aims to solve the above-mentioned problems by providing a wine production support system that can reduce the initial costs for wineries, reduce the risks involved in wine production, and minimize waste of wooden barrels, tanks, etc. Another object of the invention is to provide wine lovers who purchase wine with information that will help them deepen their understanding of wine. [Means for solving the problem]

[0010] The invention described in claim 1 is configured as a wine production support system comprising a plurality of wine tanks for fermentation to be rented out to a plurality of wineries, and a wine tank management server that manages the plurality of wine tanks and is connected to a network. The wine tank management server has a wine tank management process that manages the wine tanks. The wine management process manages, for each wine tank, a wine tank ID, which is an ID assigned to the wine tank, and information about the winery to which the wine tank is rented. According to the invention described in claim 2, each of a plurality of wine tanks is provided with a measuring means and a transmitting means, and the measuring means measures measurement data including at least temperature of the wine being fermented, and the transmitting means transmits the measurement data. The management server is provided with a measurement data collection process, and the measurement data collection process is configured to acquire the measurement data transmitted from the wine tanks being fermented, associate it with the wine tank, and store it as a measurement data history. In the invention described in claim 3, a data providing process is provided in the management server, and the data providing process is configured to provide the measurement data history upon receiving a request from a terminal connected to the network.

[0011] The invention described in claim 4 is configured as follows: Wine fermented in wine tanks is bottled into a plurality of wine bottles, and the plurality of wine bottles are transported as wine tank groups, each group being divided into wine tanks before bottling, to a predetermined aging warehouse, where they are aged for an aging period designated by the winery. The wine tank management process is configured to manage information about the aging warehouse to which the wine is transported and the aging period. In the invention described in claim 5, a room temperature meter for measuring room temperature and a communication means for transmitting the room temperature are provided in the aging warehouse. The measurement data collection process receives the room temperature from the communication means and saves it as a measurement data history for the group of wines currently aging.

[0012] The invention described in claim 6 is configured as follows. That is, the management server comprises a wine bottle management process and a wine sales process. The wine bottle management process assigns a wine bottle identifier, which is a unique identifier, and a sales price designated by the winery to a plurality of wine bottles belonging to a wine tank group. The wine sales process publishes the plurality of wine bottles identified by the wine bottle identifiers together with the sales price on the network, and wine purchasers can purchase wine from a terminal connected to the network. The invention described in claim 7 is configured such that the wine bottle identifier consists of an NFT (non-fungible token) issued on the blockchain by the wine bottle management process, and the wine sales process sells the wine bottle by listing the NFT on a marketplace and trading it with cryptocurrency. In the invention described in claim 8, the management server is provided with a wine bottle data providing process, which is configured to provide the wine purchaser with measurement data history associated with the wine tank before the wine bottle was bottled, when a request for data on a specified wine bottle is received from a network-connected terminal of the wine purchaser.

[0013] The invention described in claim 9 is configured as follows: the wine sales process starts selling wine bottles before they are transported to the aging warehouse or while they are aging in the warehouse, and the wine management process sends a message to a network-connected terminal in the aging warehouse when the aging period for a sold wine bottle has ended, prompting the delivery of the wine bottle to the wine purchaser. The invention described in claim 10 is configured so that the wine sales process is equipped with a predetermined smart contract, and when an NFT is sold on the marketplace, the sales proceeds are distributed to the system operator who manages the wine tanks and management server, the winery, and the aging warehouse in accordance with predetermined agreements. [Effects of the Invention]

[0014] According to the invention of claim 1, wine tanks for fermentation are rented and managed to wineries, eliminating the need for wine tanks to be purchased and reducing initial costs. This reduces the risk involved in wine production for wineries. However, the number of wine tanks required by a winery may increase or decrease due to fluctuations in grape production volume or other factors. In this invention, wine tanks are rented and managed to multiple wineries. Even if the number of wine tanks required by each winery increases or decreases, wine tanks can be easily accommodated by transporting them from wineries with excess wine tanks to wineries with insufficient wine tanks. This increases the utilization rate of wine tanks and reduces waste. According to the invention described in claim 2, measurement data including temperature of wine during fermentation is collected and saved as a measurement data history, so that the quality of the wine can be managed. According to the invention described in claim 3, the measurement data history can be viewed from a terminal on the network, so that information about wine can be provided to purchasers who are wine lovers. [Brief explanation of the drawings]

[0015] [Figure 1] 1 is a block diagram showing a wine production support system according to an embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 2] 1 is a block diagram showing a wine production support system according to an embodiment of the present invention. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0016] <Present Embodiment> The present embodiment will be described below. The wine production support system 1 according to this embodiment is a system that supports wine production and wine sales, and is processed by a management server 2 shown in Figure 1. The management server 2 will be explained in detail later, but here we will provide an overview of the support for wine production and wine sales that the management server 2 provides.

[0017] <System Overview> As shown in FIG. 1, the wine production system 1 includes multiple wine tanks 10. The multiple wine tanks 10, 10, ... are owned by the system operator and managed in a wine tank pool 4. These wine tanks 10, 10, ... are transported to and rented out to multiple wineries 5, 5, .... At the wineries 5, 5, ..., wine is fermented using the wine tanks 10, 10, .... The wine fermented in the wine tanks 10, 10, ... is bottled. That is, it is placed into multiple wine bottles 11, 11, .... The wine bottles 11, 11, ... are transported to one or multiple aging warehouses 7, 7, .... The aging warehouses 7, 7, ... are rooms formed in dams, i.e., dam warehouses. These warehouses are suitable for maintaining constant room temperature and humidity throughout the year. The wine is aged in these aging warehouses 7, 7, ... for a predetermined period of time. The management server 2 performs these processes to support wine production.

[0018] Furthermore, as shown in Figure 2, the wine production system 1 sells multiple wine bottles 11, 11, ... to wine lovers 9, 9, .... After completing a predetermined aging period in the aging warehouses 7, 7, ..., the wine bottles 11, 11, ... are shipped to the wine lovers 9, 9, .... The management server 2 performs these processes to support wine sales. It can also be said that supporting wine sales indirectly supports wine production.

[0019] <Wine Tank> The wine tanks 10, 10, ... handled by the wine production support system 1 according to this embodiment are not limited in type and may be, for example, wooden barrels or stainless steel wine tanks. However, in this embodiment, a concrete wine tank 10 is used. Concrete wine tanks 10 have small temperature fluctuations and are air permeable, allowing for the brewing of high-quality wine. Furthermore, concrete wine tanks 10 are highly durable and do not deteriorate even with repeated use year after year, making them ideal for rental. The wine tank 10 according to this embodiment is manufactured using a so-called 3D printer. Therefore, formwork is not required, and manufacturing costs are relatively low. This is another reason why it is ideal for rental. It is not necessary to limit the manufacturing of the wine tank 10 to a 3D printer; it may also be manufactured using formwork or other methods.

[0020] The wine tank 10 according to this embodiment is provided with a measuring means and a transmitting means. The measuring means is specifically a sensor, and includes at least a temperature sensor 10a. The temperature sensor 10a is adapted to measure the temperature of the wine being fermented in the wine tanks 10, 10, .... The measuring means may also include a pH meter, a hydrometer, etc., which can measure the pH and specific gravity of the wine being fermented. Temperature, pH, specific gravity, etc. are referred to as measurement data in this specification.

[0021] The transmission means is a means for transmitting measurement data, whether wireless or wired. Each winery 5, 5, ... is equipped with communication devices such as a router, and measurement data transmitted from wine tanks 10, 10, ... is transmitted to management server 2 via these communication devices. Each wine tank 10, 10, ... is assigned a wine tank ID, which is a unique identifier. The transmission means transmits the transmitted data together with the wine tank ID. Therefore, management server 2 manages the measurement data transmitted together with the wine tank ID for each wine tank 10, 10, ... and saves it as a history, as will be explained later.

[0022] The wine tanks 10, 10, ... can be rented to the wineries 5, 5, ... for a fee. However, since the wine production system 1 according to this embodiment aims to support wine production at the wineries 5, 5, ..., it is preferable to rent them free of charge. This is because it reduces the initial investment costs borne by the wineries 5, 5, .... As will be explained later, when wine is sold, a portion of the sales proceeds is distributed to the system operator, who is the owner of the wine tanks 10, 10, ..., so that the system operator can recover the costs required for the wine tanks 10, 10, ..., etc.

[0023] <Administration Server> The management server 2 according to this embodiment will now be described. As described above, the management server 2 is configured to perform processing related to two main types of support. That is, the first support is wine production support, and the second support is wine sales support. In this embodiment, the management server 2 is configured from a wine tank management server 13 for providing the first support and a wine sales management server 14 for providing the second support. For convenience, this specification describes the management server 2 as being divided into two servers, but in actual implementation, the management server 2 may be configured from a single server, or may be divided into three or more servers. Furthermore, these servers may be configured on the same computer, or may be configured distributed across multiple computers.

[0024] <Wine Tank Management Server> To realize the first support, i.e., wine production support, the wine tank management server 13 is equipped with multiple databases and multiple processes. Hereinafter, for convenience and ease of understanding, the databases and processes will be described separately, but the databases and processes, i.e., applications, may be constructed in any manner to realize the system functions. The wine tank management server 13 according to this embodiment will be described as having a database group consisting of winery management information 18, wine tank management information 19, and measurement data history 20, and a process group consisting of wine tank management process 22, measurement data collection process 23, and data provision process 24.

[0025] <Winery Management Information> Winery management information 18 stores information about wineries 5, 5, .... The following information is stored for each winery 5, 5, ...: Winery ID This is an ID that identifies the winery. Winery name The name of the winery. Winery contact information Address, telephone number, email address, etc.

[0026] <Wine tank management information> The wine tank management information 19 stores information about the wine tanks 10, 10, ... and information about the wine fermented in the wine tanks 10, 10, .... The following information is stored for each wine tank 10, 10, ...: Wine Tank ID This is the wine tank ID. · Winery ID This is the winery ID to which wine tanks 10, 10, ... are rented. Wine tanks 10, 10, ... that are not rented will be left blank. Brewing date and time management information If the wine is currently being brewed in the wine tanks 10, 10, ..., the brewing start date (preparation date) is stored. The expected brewing completion date or expected brewing period may also be stored. ·Raw material information If wine is currently being brewed in 10, 10, ..., the type of grapes is stored. Further information such as the amount of grapes, the type and amount of yeast, the sugar content of the grapes, or the acidity at the time of brewing may also be stored. ·Destination aging warehouse information This is information about the aging warehouse 7 where the wine is aged after bottling. As will be explained later, the bottled wine bottles 11, 11, ... are aged together in a group that signifies that they belong to the original wine tank 10, that is, a wine tank group 16. The destination aging warehouse information includes information such as the shelf and location where the wine bottles 11, 11, ... in the wine tank group 16 are aged. ·Ageing start date This is the date that aging began in Warehouse 7 after bottling. Aging period This is the maturation period that the wine should undergo in maturation warehouse 7 after bottling.

[0027] <Measurement data history> The measurement data history 20 stores the measurement data measured by the measuring means in the wine tanks 10, 10, ... and the room temperature measured by the room temperature meter 17 in the aging warehouse 7 as history. The room temperature in the aging warehouse 7 is also included in the measurement data. The following information is stored as a set for each. Measurement date and time The date and time when the measurement data was measured. Wine Tank ID The wine tank ID of the wine tank 10, 10, ... for which the measurement data was measured, or the wine tank ID of the wine tank group 16 to which the wine bottles 11, 11, ... being transported to the aging warehouse 7 belong. Measurement data type This type indicates whether the wine is being brewed in wine tanks 10, 10, ... or aged in wine bottles 11, 11, .... Measurement data If the type of measurement data is during fermentation, it is measurement data measured in the wine tanks 10, 10, . . . , and if the type of measurement data is during aging, it is measurement data consisting of the room temperature in the aging warehouse 7.

[0028] <Wine tank management process> The wine tank management process 22 manages the wine tanks 10, 10, ... by updating the wine tank management information 19, and executes multiple types of processes. First, there is a process for managing the loan of the wine tanks 10, 10, .... Upon receiving a request from the wineries 5, 5, ..., the system operator transports the wine tanks 10, 10, ... from the wine tank pool 4 to the wineries 5, 5, ..., i.e., loans them out. Alternatively, the winery manager transports the wine tanks 10, 10, ... from the wineries 5, 5, ... to the wine tank pool 4, i.e., returns them. The system operator then invokes a predetermined application on the terminals 28, 28, ..., specifies the destination of the wine tanks 10, 10, ..., and launches the wine tank management process 22. The wine tank management process 22 rewrites the loan winery ID for the corresponding wine tank ID in the wine tank management information 19. This allows the system operator to manage which wineries 5, 5, ... the wine tanks 10, 10, ... owned by the system operator are rented to. Note that the operable terminals 28, 28 only need to be connected to a network, and may be terminals 28 installed in the wine tank pool 4 or external terminals 28 connected to the Internet.

[0029] The wine tank management process 22 also manages information about the wine being brewed in the wine tanks 10, 10, .... At the winery 5, 5, ..., grapes are placed in the wine tanks 10, 10, ... and brewing begins. The winery manager calls up a predetermined app on the terminals 28, 28, ... and inputs information about brewing. Specifically, the wine tank IDs of the wine tanks 10, 10, ... for which brewing has begun, brewing date and time management information, and ingredient information are input. This starts the wine tank management process 22, and the brewing date and time management information and ingredient information of the wine tank management information 19 are written to the corresponding wine tanks 10, 10, ....

[0030] The wine tank management process 22 also manages the aging start date and aging period for the wine bottles 11, 11 that have been fermented and bottled in the wine tanks 10, 10, .... When fermentation is completed for the wine tanks 10, 10, ... at the wineries 5, 5, ..., the winery manager bottles each wine tank 10, 10, ... into multiple wine bottles 11, 11, .... At this time, the wine bottles 11, 11, ... are grouped into the wine tanks 10, 10, ... before bottling. These are called wine tank groups 16. The wine bottles 11, 11, ... are transported in units of wine tank groups 16, 16, ... to the aging warehouses 7, 7, ..., where aging begins and is managed. The winery manager calls up a predetermined application on the terminals 28, 28, ... and inputs the wine tank IDs of the wine tanks 10, 10, ... before bottling, the destination aging warehouse information, the aging start date, the aging period, and the sales price of the wine bottles 11, 11, .... This starts the wine tank management process 22 and the wine bottle management process 34, which will be described later. The wine tank management process 22 writes the input destination aging warehouse information, aging start date, and aging period in association with the corresponding wine tank ID in the wine tank management information 19. The sales price is processed by the wine bottle management process 34, which will be described later.

[0031] The wine tank management process 22 also has a function for detecting the completion of the aging period of the wine bottles 11, 11, ... for each wine tank group. Specifically, the wine tank management process 22 is activated periodically, for example, daily, to check the aging start date and aging period in the wine tank management information 19. If there are wine tanks 10, 10, ... for which the aging period has elapsed since the aging start date, i.e., wine tank group 16, it determines that the aging period has been completed. The wine tank management process 22 then first sends a message to a pre-registered terminal 28 or a terminal 28 with a pre-installed app, indicating that the aging period has been completed. Preferably, this terminal 28 is the terminal of the administrator of the aging warehouse 7, i.e., the aging warehouse manager. Upon receiving the message, the aging warehouse manager prepares the removal of the wine bottles 11, 11, ... belonging to the corresponding wine tank group 16. The wine tank management process 22 also notifies the wine bottle management process 34, described later, of the wine tank group 16 for which the aging period has been completed.

[0032] <Measurement data collection process> The measurement data collection process 23 receives measurement data periodically transmitted from wine tanks 10, 10, ... in wineries 5, 5, ... and measurement data consisting of room temperatures periodically transmitted from aging warehouses 7, 7, ..., and stores the data as history in the measurement data history 20.

[0033] <Data provision processing> The data provision process 24 provides information about wine and measurement data stored in the measurement data history 20 in response to requests from the terminals 28, 28, .... A specific application is launched on the terminals 28, 28, ..., and the wine tank ID of the desired wine tank 10, 10, ... is specified. The data provision process 24 then provides various information about the wine tank 10 identified by the wine tank ID. Specifically, it provides the raw material information and brewing date and time management information stored in the wine tank management information 19, as well as the time-series measurement data during brewing stored in the measurement data history 20. If the wine tank 10 identified by the wine tank ID has been bottled and is aging as wine bottles 11, 11, ..., the data provision process 24 also provides time-series measurement data during aging, i.e., the room temperature of the aging warehouses 7, 7, .... This information provided by the data provision process 24 can be used by the winery managers of the wineries 5, 5, ... as reference information for wine production.

[0034] <Wine sales management server> To achieve the second support objective of the wine production support system 1 according to this embodiment, i.e., wine sales support, the wine sales management server 14 also includes a predetermined set of databases and a set of processes. For convenience and ease of understanding, the following explanation will be divided into separate databases and processes. However, the databases and processes (i.e., applications) may be configured in any manner to achieve the system's functions. The wine sales management server 14 according to this embodiment includes a set of databases consisting of wine enthusiast management information 30 and wine bottle management information 31, and a set of processes consisting of wine enthusiast management processing 33, wine bottle management processing 34, wine sales processing 36, and wine bottle data provision processing 37. Each of these will be described below.

[0035] <Wine Lover Management Information> In this embodiment, the wine bottles 11, 11, ... are sold to wine lovers 9, 9, ... whose names and other information have been registered in advance. The wine lover management information 30 stores information about the wine lovers 9, 9, .... The following information is stored for each wine lover 9, 9, ...: Wine Lover ID An identifier that identifies wine lovers. Wine lover's name The name of a wine lover. Wallet address This is the wallet address for Wine Enthusiast's wallet on blockchain 38. ·Wine lover address information These include the addresses and email addresses of wine lovers.

[0036] <Wine bottle management information> The wine bottle management information 31 stores information about the wine bottles 11, 11, . . . , and the following information is stored for each wine bottle 11, 11, . Wine bottle ID This is a wine bottle identifier that identifies the wine bottles 11, 11, .... In this embodiment, an NFT is adopted as the wine bottle identifier. An NFT is a non-fungible token issued on the blockchain 38, and as will be explained later, is issued one-to-one for each wine bottle 11, 11, .... Wine Tank ID This is the wine tank group to which wine bottles 11, 11, ... belong, and is the wine tank ID of wine tank 10 before wine bottles 11, 11, ... are bottled. Sales price The selling price for a bottle of wine is 11, 11, ... Wine Lover ID This is the wine lover ID of wine lover 9, 9 who purchased wine bottles 11, 11, ….

[0037] <Wine Lover Management Processing> The wine lover management process 33 is a process for managing information about wine lovers 9, 9, .... As described above, in this embodiment, wine bottles 11, 11, ... are sold to wine lovers 9, 9, ... who have registered in advance. The wine lovers 9, 9, ... are pre-registered as follows: The wine lovers 9, 9, ... launch a predetermined application on their terminals 28, 28, .... They input information such as their name, wallet address, address, and email address into the application. This launches the wine lover management process 33. The wine lover management process 33 generates a wine lover ID, which is a unique identifier, and writes it into the wine lover management information 30 along with the input name, wallet address, address, email address, etc. The wine lovers 9, 9, ... are pre-registered.

[0038] <Wine bottle management process> The wine bottle management process 34 manages information about the wine bottles 11, 11, .... The wine bottle management process 34 performs multiple processes. First, the wine bottle management process 34 registers each bottled wine bottle 11, 11, ... in the wine bottle management information 31. This specification has already described the process performed by the wine tank process 22 when the bottled wine bottles 11, 11, ... begin aging in the aging warehouses 7, 7. That is, the winery manager invokes a predetermined application on the terminals 28, 28, ... and inputs the wine tank IDs of the wine tanks 10, 10, ... before bottling, the destination aging warehouse information, the aging start date, the aging period, and the sales price of the wine bottles 11, 11, .... This launches the wine tank process 22, which, as described above, writes the necessary information into the wine tank management information 19. This is the same as the description above. At this time, the wine bottle management process 34 is also launched, as described above. The wine bottle management process 34 operates as follows. First, a wine bottle identifier is generated for each of the wine bottles 11, 11, .... In this embodiment, an NFT is used as the wine bottle identifier. That is, the wine bottle management process 34 issues an NFT (non-fungible token) on the blockchain 38. For each of the wine bottles 11, 11, ..., the wine bottle identifier consisting of the NFT, the wine tank ID specified by the winery manager from the terminals 28, 28, ..., and the selling price are written to the wine bottle management information 31. That is, the wine bottles 11, 11, ... are registered. At the time of registration, the wine bottles 11, 11, ... have not been sold, so the wine lover ID in the wine bottle management information 31 is empty.

[0039] As explained above, when the aging of the wine bottles 11, 11, ... is completed in the aging warehouses 7, 7, ..., the wine bottle management process 34 is notified by the wine tank management process 22 of information that the aging period for the wine tank group 16 to which the wine bottles 11, 11, ... belong has been completed. Upon receiving this notification, the wine bottle management process 34 performs the following process. Specifically, the wine bottle management process 34 searches the wine bottle management information 34 using the wine tank ID of the notified wine tank group 16 as a key and reads a list of information about the wine bottles 11, 11, ... belonging to the wine tank group 16. From this list, it selects information for which a wine lover ID has been entered. The wine lover ID is entered by the wine sales process 36, which will be described next. If a wine lover ID has been entered, it means that the wine bottles 11, 11, ... have already been purchased by wine lovers 9, 9, .... The wine bottle management process 34 searches the wine lover management information 30 using the corresponding wine lover ID as a key and obtains information such as the wine lover's address for the wine lovers 9, 9, .... Next, the wine bottle management process 34 sends a message to a pre-registered predetermined terminal 28 or a terminal 28 with a predetermined app installed, instructing the sold wine bottles 11, 11, ... to be shipped based on the information such as the address of the wine lover. Such a terminal 28 is preferably a terminal of the manager of the aging warehouse 7, i.e., the manager of the aging warehouse. Upon receiving the message, the manager of the aging warehouse 7 ships the sold wine bottles 11, 11, ... based on the information such as the address of the wine lover that has been notified.

[0040] <Wine sales processing> The wine sales process 36 performs a process for selling wine bottles 11, 11, .... In this embodiment, what is sold is not the wine bottles 11, 11, ... themselves, but NFTs that are one-to-one associated with the wine bottles 11, 11, .... The wine sales process 36 puts NFTs corresponding to the wine bottles 11, 11, ... registered in the wine bottle management information 31 on the marketplace. The marketplace targeted in this embodiment is a participant-only type that is open only to the system operator, winery manager, aging warehouse manager, and registered wine lovers 9, 9, .... The wine lovers 9, 9, ... purchase their desired wine bottles 11, 11, ... on the marketplace by paying the sales price. In other words, they purchase the corresponding NFTs using cryptocurrency. The NFTs are registered in the wallets of the wine lovers 9, 9, .... Once the NFTs are purchased, the wine sales process 36 is executed as a smart contract. The wine sales process 36 writes the wine lover IDs of the wine lovers 9, 9, ... who made the purchases in the wine bottle management information 31, corresponding to the purchased wine bottles 11, 11. In other words, the wine bottles 11, 11, ... are sold. The wine sales process 36 then distributes the sales proceeds among the parties involved. That is, the sales proceeds are distributed in a predetermined ratio to the wallet of the system operator, the wallet of the winery manager of the winery 5, 5, ... that produced the wine, and the wallet of the aging warehouse manager of the aging warehouse 7, 7, ... where the wine was aged.

[0041] <Wine bottle data provision processing> The wine bottle data providing process 37 provides information about wine bottles 11 to wine lovers 9. As explained above, wine lovers 9 purchase wine bottles 11 from the marketplace, but when making a purchase, they want to obtain information about the wine bottles 11. For example, information about the grapes used as raw materials and measurement data during fermentation. The wine lovers 9 operate a predetermined app on their terminals 28. They then specify the wine bottle IDs corresponding to the wine bottles 11 about which they want information. This activates the wine bottle data providing process 37. The wine bottle data providing process 37 searches the wine bottle management information 31 using the specified wine bottle ID as a key. It then obtains the corresponding wine tank ID. Next, the wine bottle data providing process 37 searches the wine tank management information 19 and the measurement data history 20 using this wine tank ID as a key. This search obtains raw material information, including information about the grape variety, a history of measurement data during fermentation, and a history of measurement data during aging. These information are then transmitted to the terminals 28 of the wine lovers 9. That is, a wine lover 9, 9, can be provided with information about wine bottles 11, 11, . . .

[0042] <Modifications of this embodiment> The wine production support system 1 according to the present embodiment is configured as described above, but various modifications are possible. For example, we have described that wine lovers 9, 9, ... must register in advance to purchase wine bottles 11, 11, ..., and that only specific members can participate in the marketplace where NFTs are listed. However, the marketplace may be open to the public, allowing purchases not only from pre-registered wine lovers 9, 9, ... but also from general consumers. Furthermore, while we have described wine bottles 11, 11, ... as being sold by listing NFTs on the marketplace, they can also be sold by other methods. Specifically, they may be sold on a so-called tenant-based e-commerce site. Incidentally, we have described wine bottles 11, 11, ... as being sold as a transaction completed upon the sale of NFTs to wine lovers 9, 9, .... However, NFTs can also be resold. Taking advantage of the resale feature, wine lovers 9, 9, ... who purchase wine bottles 11, 11, ... may resell the wine bottles 11, 11, ... to other wine lovers 9, 9, .... When this resale occurs, a specific smart contract may be executed, and some processing may be carried out, such as returning a portion of the resale proceeds to the winery manager.

[0043] The multiple databases in the wine production system 1 according to this embodiment, i.e., the winery management information 18, the wine tank management information 19, etc., have been described with respect to the types of information stored therein, but these can also be modified. For example, the wine tank management information 19 may store the following information: Tank capacity The wine tanks 10, 10, ... may be manufactured with the same capacity, but different capacity types may also be prepared, such as a standard type of 500 L, a large-capacity type of 750 L, etc. In this case, the tank capacity is stored in the wine tank management information 19. Raw material harvest date Stores the date the grapes, the raw material, were harvested. Raw material crushing day Stores the date the grapes were crushed. ·Farm name Stores the farm name. ·comment The winery manager will input any comments he or she notices during brewing at wineries 5, 5, ... Here, the modified example has been explained using the wine tank management information 19 as an example, but similar modifications are possible for other databases as well. [Explanation of symbols]

[0044] 1 Wine production support system 2 Management server 4 Wine Tank Pool 5 Winery 7 Aging Warehouse 9 Wine Lovers 10 Wine Tank 10a Temperature Sensor 11 Wine bottle 13 Wine tank management server 14 Wine Sales Management Server 16 Wine Tank Group 17 Thermometer 18 Winery management information 19 Wine Tank Management Information 20 Measurement Data History 22 Wine tank management process 23 Measurement data collection process 24 Data provision processing 28 Terminal 30 Wine Lover Management Information 31 Wine Bottle Management Information 33 Wine Enthusiast Management Process 34 Wine Bottle Management Process 36 Wine sales processing 37 Wine bottle data provision processing 38 Blockchain

Claims

1. Multiple wine tanks for brewing that can be rented out to multiple wineries, a management server connected to the network, The management server includes a wine tank management process for managing a plurality of the wine tanks, The wine tank management process is a wine production support system that manages, for each of multiple wine tanks, a wine tank ID, which is an ID assigned to the wine tank, and information about the winery to which the wine tank is rented.

2. Each of the plurality of wine tanks is provided with a measuring means and a transmitting means, and the measuring means measures measurement data including at least temperature of the wine being fermented, and the transmitting means transmits the measurement data. The management server includes a measurement data collection process, 2. The wine production support system according to claim 1, wherein the measurement data collection process acquires the measurement data transmitted from the wine tank during brewing, associates the measurement data with the wine tank, and stores the measurement data as a measurement data history.

3. The management server includes a data providing process, 3. The wine production support system according to claim 2, wherein the data providing process provides the measurement data history in response to a request from a terminal connected to a network.

4. The wine fermented in the wine tanks is bottled into a plurality of wine bottles, and the plurality of wine bottles are transported as wine tank groups, each group being divided into wine tanks before bottling, to a predetermined aging warehouse, where they are aged for an aging period designated by the winery.

4. The wine production support system according to claim 2, wherein the wine tank management process manages information about the aging warehouse as a destination and an aging period.

5. The aging warehouse is provided with a room temperature meter for measuring room temperature and a communication means for transmitting the room temperature, 5. The wine production support system according to claim 4, wherein the measurement data collection process receives room temperature information from the communication means and stores the information as a measurement data history for the group of wines currently aging.

6. the management server includes a wine bottle management process and a wine sales process; the wine bottle management process assigns a wine bottle identifier, which is a unique identifier, and a selling price designated by a winery to each of the plurality of wine bottles belonging to the wine tank group; 5. The wine production support system according to claim 4, wherein the wine sales process publishes the plurality of wine bottles identified by the wine bottle identifiers together with the sales prices on a network, and wine purchasers can purchase wine from a terminal connected to the network.

7. The wine production support system of claim 6, wherein the wine bottle identifier is an NFT (non-fungible token) issued on a blockchain by the wine bottle management process, and the wine sales process sells the wine bottle by listing the NFT on a marketplace and trading it with cryptocurrency.

8. The management server includes a wine bottle data providing process, 8. The wine production support system of claim 7, wherein the wine bottle data providing process, upon receiving a request for data provision for the specified wine bottle from the wine purchaser's network-connected terminal, provides the wine purchaser with the measurement data history associated with the wine tank before the wine bottle was bottled.

9. the wine sales process starts selling the wine bottles before they are transported to the aging warehouse or while they are aging in the aging warehouse; The wine production support system of claim 8, wherein the wine bottle management process sends a message to a network-connected terminal of the aging warehouse when the aging period for the sold wine bottle has ended, prompting the wine purchaser to ship the wine bottle.

10. The wine production support system of claim 9, wherein the wine sales process includes a predetermined smart contract, and when the NFT is sold on the marketplace, the sales proceeds are distributed to a system operator that manages the wine tanks and the management server, the winery, and the aging warehouse in accordance with a predetermined agreement.

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