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Chemists Build App That Could Identify Cheap Replacements For Luxury Wines

Posted by samzenpus on from the tastes-great dept.

schliz writes "Australian startup Wine Cue is combining the chemical composition of wines with customer ratings for what it hopes to be a more objective wine recommendation engine than existing systems that are based on historical transactions. The technology is likely to reach the market as a smartphone app, and could be used to identify cheap alternatives to expensive bottles."

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  1. Re:first post! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yes, exactly.

    And this had better be an Android-only app.

    The absolute last thing an IDevice owner wants to know is that his/her expensive purchase is objectively inferior to a cheaper alternative.

    The horror! The horror!