An AI agent tried to guess what wine I was drinking based on my description and the results were mixed to say the least

Date:
Sun, 20 Sep 2026 16:05:00 +0000

Description:
Salesforce's tAIster AI agent tried hard, but isn't a certified wine snob
just yet.

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At its recent Dreamforce 2026, I took part in an AI sommelier session powered by an AI agent to see if the technology could be applied to wine tasting. You may like Sorry, OpenAI most people are not using your AI to change the world How Samsara wants to help even the most traditional companies adopt AI Metas new AI agent demands serious trust

In a plush executive lounge away from the madness of Dreamforce's
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Before tasting a wine, the agent asked us to use a few keywords to describe how it looked, and how grippy it was in the glass. We were then asked to describe the wine's aroma, and finally, the taste - with the aim of being as descriptive as we could, so the agent could guess which wine we had been given.

So did it work? I'm not a massive wine buff, but I tried to be as descriptive as possible, with the hope if giving the agent what it needed. Ultimately, it guessed my first two samples correctly, but got the third hopelessly wrong - guessing it was Veuve Cliquot champagne rather than Chardonnay due to me mentioning the glass had some small bubbles in.

So all in all, a fun example of what AI agents could do in previously unexpected areas - and although it's just a proof of concept right now, I don't think any real-world sommeliers will be quaking in their boots just
yet. Follow TechRadar on Google News and add us as a preferred source to get our expert news, reviews, and opinion in your feeds.



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