What is it? Wine on tap is the latest restaurant trend. No, those are not beer taps you are looking at – they are wine taps!
Restaurants are slowly adding these ‘green’ and less expensive alternatives to bottled wine for their patrons and wine connoisseurs.
Are they tapped from boxed wine? Nope. The wine served on tap comes from wine barrels shipped directly from wineries into a keg that is hooked up to the keg and tap system, similar to the system used for beer.
So how does it work? Much like draft beer. Wine is stored in kegs that hold 5.15 gallons, or about 26 bottles of wine and hooked up to a keg and tap system. Passing through a low-pressure system, an inert gas – usually nitrogen or argon – pushes the wine through. Gas goes in, wine comes out. Because the wine is never exposed to oxygen, it stays fresh indefinitely. [READ MORE]
