SustainableWineSolutions from Borough Wines is the ultimate sustainable service provider for the wine trade. We provide quality driven sustainable wine systems: Wine-on-Tap, VinoTap™, the Bottle Return scheme and our Rebottling sampling service. Combining the quality control benefits of a commercial bottling and kegging line with an artisan approach, we are able to improve all aspects of supply, covering margins, quality, service and choice.
With a strong focus on organic, vegan and biodynamic wines, every winemaker we work with is committed to reducing their waste output and practicing the most sustainable grape growing and winemaking techniques. We offer a broad portfolio of wines: from the perfect accessible house wine in our Bistro range to a premium Bordeaux in our 225 range from Damien Barton, every palate is catered for.
Embracing the circular economy by minimising the resources we use and reusing those we do is the only way to zero waste. This is why we import in bulk, bottling and kegging entirely in-house at our North Greenwich winery with an emphasis on reduce and reuse.
What is the Bottle Return Scheme?
The Bottle Return scheme brings a new, sustainable lease of life to the traditional wine bottle: each one can be returned, sterilised and reused at least 30 times, reducing the carbon footprint of each bottle by up to 95%.
Why doesn’t recycling go far enough? According to RecycleNow, U.K. hospitality alone throws an estimated 129,000 tonnes of glass into landfill every year: we offer a practical, convenient way of breaking this one way wasteful chain whilst still supplying the traditional wine bottle consumers love. We collect and deliver in our recycled plastic crates, saving you from the expense and hassle of glass and cardboard waste collections. Convenience, sustainability and quality, bottled.
WHAT IS VINOTAP™?
The VinoTap™ is a compact, 10L stainless steel alternative to our larger refill keg system. VinoTap™ offers a flexible, ready to pour wine-on-tap solution with no set up costs.
What makes VinoTap™ Zero Waste? With no cardboard or internal bag to dispose of, and perfect preservation technology, this is a truly Zero Waste alternative to Bag-in-Box: all the convenience, none of the waste.
WHAT IS WINE ON TAP?
Wine-on-Tap delivers wine via a keg system, just as you’d pull a pint of beer. We are the only U.K. supplier of Wine–on–Tap using reusable kegs. Our kegs offer incredible quality preservation, no wastage, perfect quick pours and a massive reduction in your glass and cardboard waste output.
Our in–house cellar team manages every step of the installation process and continued maintenance support. Over 15 years of expertise and innovation in Wine–on–Tap ensures quality assurance and top customer service.
Our Rebottling service provides an efficient solution for presenting your wines to a remote audience, maintaining the superior quality of your product whilst streamlining costs and logistics. We ‘rebottle’ any still beverage product under winery standard protective conditions into our innovative 50ml and 100ml screw-cap sealed glass tubes.
Your sample reaches your customer exactly as the winemaker intended, with a significantly extended tasting window. Deliver the quality of a full bottle with the convenience and efficiency of individual samples.
We have devised SustainableWineSolutions as the go to service provider for the trade’s sustainable wine needs, providing our Wine-on-Tap, VinoTap™ and Bottle Return Scheme. Our investment in a bottling and kegging facility in Greenwich Peninsula gives us complete control over our production process, with our reuse and refill focus allowing us to fully embrace the circular economy.
Our in-house team of operations and winery experts manage all elements of the supply chain from producer to your business, ensuring watertight quality control every step of the way.