Blasted Church now on (Fresh) Tap?

I've finally made that one crucial step towards my chosen career field—I now answer the phone at a publishing company! All joking aside, the current editor in chief got his start this way, as well as a slew of other talented folks. And while the pay leaves something to be desired, the perks seem to keep getting perkier by the minute.

A couple of weeks ago my friend the assistant editor brought me along as her plus one to a media event promoting an interior design shop and it was a prime example of the above mentioned perks. The catering was outstanding, the drinks were delicious, and there was an entire rainbow of coloured denim in attendance.

This particular friend and I used to work together at our university newspaper and now that we've made it to the big leagues, we've come to consider ourselves catered party connoisseurs (perhaps expert moochers would be a more accurate moniker, but who's judging here).

As we got in line for complimentary tipples, a sign at the bar caught my eye. This bar was serving wine on tap, and not just any wine, Blasted Church's Hatfield's Fuse—a refreshing BC blend of white wines with notes of pineapple and fresh grapefruit.

Hatfield's Fuse is admittedly a little out of my normal price range ($17.99 at BC Liquor Stores), after all, I promised to make suggestions that a gal with staggering student loan debt could still afford, but Blasted Church's product is too excellent to turn down. Consider this a suggestion for impressing your significant other's parents, or as a gift for an out-of-towner who's keen to try some of BC's whimsical white wines.

What made this wine even more remarkable than the last time I tasted it was how it was served: not from a bottle or a box, but from a stainless steel keg. The wine stays fresher and more consistent on a glass by glass basis and there's no need to worry about storing half-empty bottles, which run the risk of getting stale in the fridge.

Vancouver Urban Winery has come up with a "smarter, fresher, friendlier" way to serve wine to the masses using stainless steel kegs known as the freshTAP system, cutting out the need for both glass bottles and the cardboard boxes they are shipped in. A wine with virtually no carbon footprint, easily served by the glass, that tastes exactly as the vintner intended.  This could be the start of something beautiful and a gateway to the yuppy version of a kegger. Just don't try a keg stand with a wine like this.