That’s just what we need, technology taking the place of good ol’ fashioned sommeliers. I can just imagine instead of being annoyed by people yakking away on their cell phones, people are going to be yakked to by their bottle of wine. While we’re at it, let’s just get rid of the waiters and have everyone just speak into a voice recognition box at a fast food place instead.
“The idea is to bring the oenologist to the table so that each wine can explain itself in the first person,” said Daniele Barontini, whose Tuscan company Modulgraf is putting the final touches on the product to be launched in November.
“We envision our talking wine label in restaurants, wine stores and at vineyards that offer wine tasting,” he told Reuters on Wednesday.
The new “label” would consist of a chip implanted in the bottle that could be listened to with a small device about the size of a cigarette package in the wine shop or the restaurant.
“It could tell you how to enjoy the wine, where it came from, everything you’d hear from a sommelier,” Barontini said. “You could even have music.”
