Invisible Sentinel has signed its first product distribution deal covering the use of its technology outside the United States.
Enartis Vinquiry of Trecate, Italy, a global provider of specialty winemaking products and services, reached an non-exclusive agreement with the Philadelphia life sciences company agreed to distribute Invisible Sentinel’s Veriflow Brett assay.
The assay is used to test wine for the presence of brettanomyces, a yeast that is known the cause spoilage. The microbe produces compounds that, in excess, can foul the taste of wine and give it a “barn-yardy” odor, according to Invisible Sentinel, which specializes in developing rapid molecular diagnostic test kits for use in the food and beverage industry.
Earlier this month, the company formed a partnership with Victory Brewing Co. of Downingtown, Pa., to develop a test to detect a bacteria that can spoil beer.
Enartis, will distribute Veriflow Brett to winemakers in California and other global markets for their in-winery use in quality-assurance testing. The assay detects and measures levels of brettanomyces in wine.
In addition, Enartis’ Windsor, the California-based U.S. subsidiary of Enartis Vinquiry, has adopted Veriflow Brett for use in its Central Coast laboratories — which provide testing services to winemakers in the region.
Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Invisible Sentinel Inc. developed the test for the wine-spoiling microbe in a partnership forged in January with Jackson Family Wines, a family-owned winery in California’s Sonoma County.
Enartis Vinquiry of Trecate, Italy, a global provider of specialty winemaking products and services, reached an non-exclusive agreement with the Philadelphia life sciences company agreed to distribute Invisible Sentinel’s Veriflow Brett assay.
The assay is used to test wine for the presence of brettanomyces, a yeast that is known the cause spoilage. The microbe produces compounds that, in excess, can foul the taste of wine and give it a “barn-yardy” odor, according to Invisible Sentinel, which specializes in developing rapid molecular diagnostic test kits for use in the food and beverage industry.
Earlier this month, the company formed a partnership with Victory Brewing Co. of Downingtown, Pa., to develop a test to detect a bacteria that can spoil beer.
Enartis, will distribute Veriflow Brett to winemakers in California and other global markets for their in-winery use in quality-assurance testing. The assay detects and measures levels of brettanomyces in wine.
In addition, Enartis’ Windsor, the California-based U.S. subsidiary of Enartis Vinquiry, has adopted Veriflow Brett for use in its Central Coast laboratories — which provide testing services to winemakers in the region.
Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Invisible Sentinel Inc. developed the test for the wine-spoiling microbe in a partnership forged in January with Jackson Family Wines, a family-owned winery in California’s Sonoma County.