The "reverse microwave oven" might save your next dinner party (and speed up your iced coffee game).

The Internet is full of answers to the long-standing question "How to quickly cool a bottle of wine?" Over the years, only food and wine have discussed this topic many times. In general, a bucket of ice water is often a magic weapon for winning. But at this year's Consumer Electronics Show, a new competitor appeared: Juno, a wine cooler that uses "spare microwave" technology.

Juno was launched at CES and has been pre-ordered on Indiegogo. The company behind it, based in California, Matrix Industries, calls it "the fastest, most innovative and fast cooler in the world" and "reverse for cooling microwave". Interestingly, Matrix is ​​not known for working in the wine industry. Instead, they focus on thermoelectric cooling technology, and wine is just a reasonable application of their technology.

If you want to believe Juno's statement, then it is a very good application. This tabletop device claims to be able to "cool down white and red wines to the temperature recommended by the sommelier" in "a few minutes". That's not all: "We discovered in the process that Juno can do more than just chilled wine," the company continued. "It can cool your freshly brewed coffee, turn your hot tea into iced tea, and cool your favorite beer or soda, right in the can." Just push the container 16 inches high In the machine, press one of the three programmable preset buttons, and then observe the LED status bar to see when the beverage has cooled down.

“In the past, the Matrix team focused on collecting waste heat in devices such as PowerWatch to collect usable energy, but in cooperation with Juno, we used our thermoelectric engineering expertise and know-how to create a TEC engine to remove heat in the fastest way. Possibly," Douglas Tham, co-founder and chief technology officer of Matrix, said in the announcement.

"We want to create a practical use case for [our technology] that anyone can benefit from," added co-founder and CEO Akram Boukai. "Juno showed consumers how our cooling technology can fundamentally change the way we manipulate temperature."

Indiegogo pre-orders will remain open for the next 26 days, and the early bird price will still be US$199. After that, it jumped to $299. Then, the final product is scheduled to be shipped in August of this year. Yes, it may be a bit late for you to spend the summer, but honestly, when you need it all year, your white wine bottle never seems to be at the right temperature.