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When The Sommelier's A Machine.(The Good Life; WINE)(Daimaru Peacock's Wine Adviser)(Brief article)

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Byline: Akiko Kashiwagi

For anyone who's at a loss when it comes to choosing the perfect bottle of wine for dinner, the Tokyo-based supermarket chain Daimaru Peacock has developed an electronic sommelier. The Wine Adviser, a square terminal installed over wine racks in its 10 newest stores, reads the bar code on nearly any label and instantly supplies information on the bottle: where and how it was made, nose and taste notes and what kinds of dishes, cheese and even bread it best pairs ...

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