Free Flow Wines announced the winners of the 4^th annual KEGGY Awards to honor wineries, distributors, equipment providers and restaurant operators for their exceptional and sustainable contributions to the wine on tap category. The award ceremony, intended to be hosted at Luna Vineyards on October 19^th, 2017 was cancelled due to the Napa and Sonoma wildfires. In lieu of the celebration, both Free Flow Wines and Luna Vineyards will be collaborating to host a fire relief benefit on Sunday, December 3^rd at Luna Vineyards.

To date, more than 13.6 million bottles, or approximately 20.3 million pounds of waste, have been diverted from the landfill through the use of Free Flow’s reusable stainless steel kegs. Each Free Flow keg holds the equivalent of 26 bottles of wine and will save 1,560 bottles from the landfill over its lifetime. Free Flow currently has more than 149,000 stainless steel kegs in their fleet.

“One of our most important metrics of success is how much we reduce the wine industry's impact on the environment. As sustainability is one of our four core values, we ensure it guides our decision making – from opening an East Coast kegging facility that reduces the carbon footprint of our logistics, to offering wine canning as a sustainable alternative packaging option,” said Jordan Kivelstadt, Co-Founder & CEO of Free Flow Wines. “We’d like to thank all of our partners for their contributions. Together we build categories that make a meaningful difference.”

 

WINERY - AWARD RECIPIENTS

Saved more than 1,000,000 bottles from the landfill:

Gotham Project

 

Saved more than 500,000 bottles from the landfill:

Hahn Family Wines

The Wine Group

 

Saved more than 100,000 bottles from the landfill:

Clemenza Vini Imports, LLC

Dry Creek Vineyard

Foley Family Wines

Luna Vineyards

MacRostie Winery & Vineyards

Matchbook Wine Company

Peregrine Ranch / VTPR Wine

St. Mayhem & the girls in the vineyard

 

DISTRIBUTOR - AWARD RECIPIENTS

Saved more than 500,000 bottles from the landfill:

Republic National Distributing Company of Texas

 

Saved more than 100,000 bottles from the landfill:

Breakthru Beverage Arizona

Breakthru Beverage Florida

Republic National Distributing Company of Maryland

Skurnik Wines of New York

Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits of Colorado

Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits of Illinois

The Winebow Group of California

The Winebow Group of Virginia

Young’s Market Company of Washington

 

AMBASSADOR - AWARD RECIPIENTS ­

David Whitney of Draft Doctor LLC

Jon Schlegel of Snooze Eatery

Kent Bearden of Saint Marc Pub-Cafe

 

“PEOPLE’S CHOICE” - AWARD RECIPIENT

Bar Viñedo of Queen Creek, Arizona