When you sign an ungodly liquor bill after guzzling multiple glasses of Rose at a swanky restaurant, you tend to assume that you paid for premium alcohol. However sexily buzzed you and your crew felt, this may not be the case. According to a recent report, wine fraud is on the rise and you may have been a victim and didn’t even know it.

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Scientists at Barcelona’s Institute for Microelectronics recently unveiled their “E-Tongue” which is capable of identifying various characteristics of the wine, which in turn make it pricier. The device has microsensors that can distinguish which wines are vintage, determine the region where it was made, and basically gauge the quality of the bottle.

The device is small, portable and “relatively affordable” according to Time magazine. So if you are a wine connoisseur like I consider myself, it might be a lucrative investment.