Archive for June, 2010

I’ll Take Whatever Wine You Have on Tap…Thanks.

Thursday, June 3rd, 2010

Let me give you a situation. You are at a restaurant. The waiter or waitress approaches you. The following conversation ensues…

Waiter/Waitress: What would you like to drink?
You: Um I don’t know. What do you have on tap?
W: Michelob, Stella, Blue Moon, a Riesling, a Pinot Noir and Guinness.
You: Excuse me, rewind. Did you say Riesling on tap???
That is right. There is a new trend popping up in restaurants. Wine is being poured out of a tap. This is not your traditional approach to serving a glass of vino, but according to many it is much better for the environment and you are not sacrificing quality of your wine.
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Sonoma County Winery Tasting Room Opens Pouring Natural Wine On Tap / The Natural Process Alliance

Thursday, June 3rd, 2010

The Natural Process Alliance (The NPA), continues to make major strides in the wine industry.  Pioneers in natural winemaking, alternative packaging, and wine distribution, The NPA has become one of the first winery tasting rooms in the world to pour all of their wines on tap to visitors to the winery.

“There is something special about, young, fresh, local, wine.  We can deliver that in our tasting room and to our restaurant partners using kegs and Klean Kanteens (stainless steel water bottles).  As a fringe benefit, we eliminate all the waste that goes into the packaging for a common bottle of wine-  But this is beyond packaging-  People visit wine country to taste local wine at its best– The NPA tasting room gives consumers a chance to get directly in touch with wine country through wines that have undergone none of the rigors of the modern winemaking process.” states Kevin Kelley, owner and winemaker. [REAM MORE]

Drink Wine on Tap in Astoria

Thursday, June 3rd, 2010
Order your wine on tap at Vesta Trattoria, an Astoria wine bar that pours glasses from a keg. Four handles draw wine from 28-bottle kegs that are pressurized and stay good for months — not that Vesta can keep it around that long. “I would say 80 percent of the people drinking wine are drinking [from the tap],” owner Giuseppe Falco told Grub Street. The attraction is that you’ll never get a past-its-prime pour, and the absence of bottles and labels reduces waste as well as cost. “Our cheapest wine by the glass went down by a dollar,” Falco said, noting that all the tap wines sell for $6 to $8 per glass. [READ MORE]