Provenance: proof, not a property

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The standard

An unbroken storage record accounts for every phase of ownership and storage of a bottle without a gap. It judges not the wine, but the trustworthiness of its history.

Criteria

Every phase of ownership and storage is documented, not assumed
The record reaches back without interruption to bottling
It concerns the bottle, not the properties of the wine
A gap in the chain lowers the value of the record

Distinction

Provenance ≠ origin: origin names where a wine was grown, provenance where the bottle travelled afterwards. Provenance ≠ bottle ageing: bottle ageing is the development in the glass, while an unbroken storage record attests its conditions.