Perhaps you’ve gone to a restaurant or have been seated at a bar where you’ve seen the waiter, waitress or bartender pour you a glass of wine from a keg. You may have had to do a double take, as you consider what just happened. Wine? From a keg? Yes, wine on tap is all the rage. While this method of serving wine is still fairly new to the restaurant scene, it is rapidly growing in popularity. While wine on tap may at first seem a little funny, it offers a number of advantages that traditional wine pouring methods don’t. Wine on tap is, indeed, the future of wine in both restaurants and vineyards nationwide that won’t be phasing out anytime soon.
Environmental Sustainability
Wine kegs mark an era of renewed environmental sustainability. When you consider all of the resources that go into mass producing thousands of bottles of wine each year across the globe – much less the nation – it is a wonder that we can keep up with all of the wine bottles, labels and corks that need to be produced, customized and delivered. A single wine keg in Texas can last for up to twenty years – offering an impressive cost-saving and environmentally effective alternative to traditional methods. Not only do wine kegs help to cut down on the amount of resources needed to mass produce wine, but also help to cut back on the industry’s carbon emissions. Kegs help to lessen a wine’s transport weight; making the transportation process a bit less harsh on our environment.
Taste
Wine in a keg, believe it or not, tastes better than wine in a bottle. This especially holds true for bottles that have been opened and for wine that has been exposed to the environment in which it is stored. Once you crack the cork on a bottle of wine, that wine is subject to air, light and other pollutants that can taint the natural taste. Keg wine is virtually untouchable – the gas found inside the keg helps to prevent oxygen from ever touching the wine. Every time wine is poured from a wine keg in Texas, it has the same great taste as the vintners initially intended and as you enjoyed the last time around. The result is consistently smooth and delicious.
Cost Savings
Wine kegs perpetuate significant cost savings, as well, for the producers, restaurant and bar owners and customers, alike. The cost savings trickles down. Wine kegs enable producers to cut down on their resources and production and transportation costs; while restaurant owners are able to cut down on waste. Wine kegs, as a result, are a lot more efficient – and will help you, as a customer, save money each and every time you enjoy a glass of wine on tap.
