Why not ? We can find just about everything known to man ‘on draft’ in the U.S.. Why not wine? Sure, wine is available on draft in bars, saloons & licensed restaurants.
Wine refills are available in France at roadside free-standing wine kiosks you'll see dotting the country, particularly in the south, among the very vineyards whose wine they are selling.
The one in the picture above, for example, sits right on the edge of Collioure, selling the region's famous rosés, and faces the most beautiful sight imaginable: those steep terraced hills whose vineyards produce Banyuls.
Yes, you can buy it here by the bottle; but if you take your empty Perrier or Volvic containers, the proprietor will fill them up, tout de suite, and charge you (next to nothing!) by the liter. Take an even bigger container and you've got table wine for a week.
Best of all, as someone who has been known to over-imbibe on occasion, I can tell you that the stuff is good. Very. So here's to wine on tap; now that's French!
In France, wine is an everyday member of the table, and a healthy ingredient. Wouldn’t it be nice if Coke and products of it’s ilk could make the same claim?
At our Annual Beach Arts and Crafts exhibits, beer and wine corrals are constructed so that imbibers—alcoholic consumers—can “enjoy” alcoholic beverges. Like a collection of pets that must be isolated from the general public. If wine is consumed of course in the context of a tasting at the local Country Club, it’s elevated to another level.
Being a wine aficionado, I kind of like the appreciation of, and freedom to enjoy, one of Gods finest gifts to man. The French love of wine is tradition.
Come visit: Burgundy,Cluny,RhoneAlps,Lyon,Beaune,Macon,Bresse,
Auvergne,Moulins,Vichy.
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