How tap wine became trendy: Swanky bars are choosing kegs over bottles in unlikely u-turn - 20 years after Wetherspoon set the trend

EXCLUSIVE How tap wine became trendy: Swanky bars are choosing kegs over bottles in unlikely u-turn - 20 years after Wetherspoon set the trend Tapped wine has become trendy with bars across the UK offering it READ MORE: Japanese whisky is declared better than Scotch By Bridie Pearson-jones For Mailonline Published: 07:16, 30 August 2024 | Updated: 07:20, 30 August 2024 e-mail View comments For years, wine from a tap, can or bag was looked down upon in sommelier circles. Oenophiles have long turned their noses up at any wine that isn't from a glass bottle, but now the tide is slowly turning - with trendy pubs and bars across the UK serving up reds and whites from the tap. And i'ts not just pubs, people are drinking more canned and boxed wine at home - with the global market for tinned wine expected to reach $312 billion in the next ten years.

Canned brand Most Wanted Wines is now the UK's biggest branded single-serve wine. Another brand, Vinca, is selling more than two million cans per year in upmarket supermarkets like Whole Foods and Planet Organic. Nice wine, a London based wine company that prides themselves on being 'unpretentious' say they are on a mission to redefine the way the world wines with canned, boxed, and low ABV and wine on tap.

Oenophiles have long turned their noses up at any wine that isn't from a glass bottle, but now the tide is slowly turning - with trendy pubs and bars across the UK serving up reds and whites from the tap (stock image) Lucy Busk, Co-Fou.