VinoDraft Recognized in the 2025 WINnovation Awards
We’re proud to share that VinoDraft, part of the Add-A-Tap family, was nominated for the WINnovation Awards 2025 - an annual program by the Wine Industry Networks recognizing innovation and excellence across the wine industry. Read the full nomination below.
Industry Challenges Driving Draft Wine Adoption
The wine industry is under growing pressure to reduce packaging waste, lower carbon emissions, streamline operations and reduce costs, all while meeting consumer demand for freshness and value. Kegged wine is emerging as a compelling, profitable solution to add to product lines — by reducing serving time (no more bottles to open), to cutting glass and potential product waste (no more throwing away partially filled wine bottles gone bad), slashing shipping costs, lowering environmental footprint and ensuring consistent quality from the first pour to the last. Yet as wineries embrace draft wine, they often encounter new hurdles: complex keg logistics, costly gas systems, and inconsistent dispensing equipment not available or designed for delicate varietals.
Furthermore, many end-customers and establishments have limited taps/space and are not ready to commit or incur the expense to add more permanent taps to serve draft wines. There is often hesitation to take a “proven” selling beer off a tap in order to “try” selling new draft wine (even though they know the numbers work to their advantage). These obstacles can limit profitability and slow adoption, despite strong market interest.
VinoDraft was created to break through these barriers—offering an integrated, wine-first system that simplifies distribution and service while protecting the integrity and economics of every keg. VinoDraft represents a forward-thinking balance of tradition, technology, and sustainability, striving to help redefine how wine is stored, transported, and enjoyed.
What is VinoDraft?
VinoDraft is a 3-part system including the Clamp-On Draft Tower, Keg Keeper Bag and the KegPressorTM -- working together to protect wine quality, reduce costs and improve sustainability. Unlike draft systems adapted from beer or soda, VinoDraft was built specifically for wine use with premium-quality, featuring 304 stainless-steel (304ss) taps and contact surfaces, wine-safe beverage lines and proprietary technologies aligned to a wine-first design philosophy to prioritize oxidation control, preserve flavor, and increase operational efficiency. With multiple patents pending, VinoDraft is a revolutionary draft-wine solution that has no direct equivalent in the market.
VinoDraft: Wine on tap systems, made simple for wineries with three components:
- Clamp-On Draft Tower: Turns any counter or bar into a professional-grade draft station in minutes, no permanent installation required, enabling wineries, restaurants, and event operators to serve wine anywhere. Available in single and double tap options that can easily incorporate branded tap handles.
- KegPressor: Powering every pour is the KegPressor, think of it as automated air-based “smart hand pump” that gently maintains serving pressure without relying on bulky, expensive tanks of compressed gas (Nitrogen or C02). This innovation lowers the total cost of ownership and dispensing logistics, and supports a cleaner, more sustainable draft program.
- Insulated Keg Keeper Bag: Maintains consistent stable serving temperatures while protecting wine from heat and light, ensuring delicate varietals retain their full character.
Where can you VinoDraft?
- Winery Tasting Rooms & Wine Lounges: Use kegged wine with VinoDraft for your most popular every-day wines that you pour standard for every guest. Perfect and easily portable for seasonal outdoor patios, vineyard pop-ups, special events and private club tastings.
- “Tap take overs” (Hospitality & Food Service): Restaurants, wine bars, hotels, banquet/catering – fast, consistent, by-the-glass service with minimal waste.
- Distributors – Acts as excellent sales and marketing tool bundled with wine kegs to offer a turn-key wine on tap program. Selling draft wine new into restaurants and bars can be challenging… no one wants to take beer off a draft, not to mention are the beer lines suitable for wine? Setup is quick, all you need is a VinoDraft and a keg of wine to immediately start selling draft wine for greater service efficiencies and more profit.
- Events & Festivals: Wine festivals, trade shows (like WinExpo!), farmers’ markets, weddings, corporate events. Imagine instead of taking ~26 bottles of wine, carry a single 20-L wine keg and a VinoDraft system. Then, clamp on the system anywhere, pour with ease and efficiency by a simple pull of the handle. Works great for caterers doing weddings, corporate events and parties too with high-volume, waste-reducing wine service.
- Wine Lovers - Home & Outdoors: Now it’s it easy and less expensive to serve premium wine on tap instead of the hassles of bottles. Think on patios, pool areas, picnics, tailgates, camping/glamping, and destination gatherings.
Congratulations to the Winners
Although we were not selected as a winner this year, we’re honored to have been included alongside such forward-thinking companies. These awards highlight solutions shaping the future of wine production, service, and sustainability — and we’re grateful to be part of that conversation. We want to extend a sincere congratulations to the outstanding companies who received the 2025 awards!
See you at WINExpo in December
We’re excited to connect with the wine community at WINExpo this December, where innovators and producers come together to celebrate progress across the industry.
Thank you to the Wine Industry Network for recognizing the importance of innovation — and congratulations again to this year’s exceptional winners!
