A wine bar in town is featuring wine from cask or barrel. I have heard of wineries doing barrel samples but I always thought of the wine in the barrel sample as being primary. This is more like having wine on tap or from a keg. Has anyone else seen wine offered in this format? If so, how do you like it?

Spo, I have seen this in Europe forever, and a lot in Italy.

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Originally posted by wine+art:
Spo, I have seen this in Europe forever, and a lot in Italy.

Ditto. Bring your carboy and enjoy. Quite common in Europe. Not sure why it hasn't been exploited here in the US more other than our culture isn't geared towards it quite yet.

something about it just sounds gross. preconceived notions i'm sure.

check out this wine bar.
http://www.awineexperience.com

all wines "on tap"

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Originally posted by etherscreen:
something about it just sounds gross. preconceived notions i'm sure.

What is gross about it?

I've found this in numerous rural areas of Spain. Bars in little towns in the Balearics routinely dispense wine in that manner, by the glass or by the bottle.

yup, central italy also

spo, just curious as to what wine they are offering in this format?

mpls, I think they are North CA wines. I am going to go and taste what they have soon and will report back.

The Wine Garage in Calistoga now offers a similar program.

This was in the NY Times earlier this year:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/08/dining/08pour.html

Great article, tanglenet.