A term (also known as ‘tap wine’) for a simple, faultless wine of no particular quality, which is generally intended for immediate consumption. Unlike ‘everyday wine’, ‘drinking wine’ and ‘pub wine’, the term primarily refers to the manner in which the wine is served. It is usually understood to mean wine poured from a larger container. This may be a cask, a tank or a glass demijohn. This is particularly common in rustic wine bars such as ‘Buschenschank’ and ‘Heuriger ’. For this reason, such wines are also referred to as ‘open wines ’ (served from an open container). The term has no legal significance under wine legislation. Similar terms for simple wines include ‘Konsumwein’, ‘Trinkwein ’ and ‘Zechwein’.
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