Sommeliers of the World, Beware! Your Job may be at Risk!!

There’s a new kid in town, one with a nose so potent he doesn’t even need to taste the wine to tell you what it’s made of. One that is always impeccably dressed, never “tastes” too much and shares too much information at employee Christmas parties, and even has a place in the 2008 Guinness Book of World Records. Yes, you guessed it: it´s none other than Little Bugger, the Sommelier Robot who can identify the characteristics of a wine through an infrared sensor in its hand that it irradiates at the wine at different wavelengths. Created by scientists at the company NEC in Japan and Mie University this “Little Bugger” has the capability to identify types of wines, grape ingredients, and even how sweet or dry a wine is. It will then use the information that it has collected to suggest different food pairings for that wine. And if that weren’t enough, it can do the same with different cheeses and fruits.