Futurise your happy hour with these hi-tech gadgets
The array of products featured at the Consumer Electronics Show flowed into all aspects of modern life - even freshening up happy hour
Those inspired to reach for a cocktail after navigating seemingly endless CES show floors packed with dizzying displays and throngs of people were in luck: there were gadgets for that.
Whether one’s preference was beer, wine or spirits, thirst could be sated.
Thibaut Jarrousse and fellow co-founders of French startup 10-Vins were on the show floor serving glasses of wine at just the right temperatures and aeration with the help of their creation D-Vine.
Large, sealed tubes holding a glass-worth of wine were slipped into the top of the counter-top appliance, which made sure a particular vintage was served just right.
“It is like a sommelier,” Jarrousse told AFP as D-Vine prepared a Bordeaux.
“You come home from work and have a perfect glass of wine in one minute.”
The startup founders planned to visit the premier Napa and Sonoma Valley wine regions after the end of CES on Sunday to explore adding California vintages to D-Vine’s menu.
A first-generation version of D-Vine was released last year, with the entire production of 500 units priced at $1,200 each sold out in less than two months, according to Jarrousse.
“We were surprised because we didn’t know if wine and technology would be good in France, but a lot of people wanted it,” he said.
A second-generation D-Vine unit featuring touch screen capabilities for menus, buying wine and more was shown off at CES and was to hit the market at the end of this year.