We all have fond – or not so fond- memories of spin the bottle. Evidently a few entrepreneurs leveraged the game to inspire a more mature and far more useful solution for searching for the perfect pairing. Food and wine pairing, that is.

Enter The Wine Wheel. A pocket size, paper device in the shape of a wheel, it lets you spin the proverbial bottle and receive wine pairing advice before heading to the wine shop, grocery store or restaurant. You choose your cuisine (14 choices including French, Mexican, or even Moroccan), turn the wheel, and voila! The Wine Wheel presents you with the perfect wines (whites on one side, reds on the other) to match up to 10 characteristic plates of the region. If you choose the wine first, the wheel tells you which dishes and which cheeses will make the perfect match.

Best of all, this little tool fits right in your back pocket or purse. If only the memories of Susie and Jonny at cousin Ted’s lake house in the summer of ’95 had been that discrete.

Order your wine wheel for only $5.95 at www.amazon.com