According to The Drinks Business, Called WineText, the platform aims to capitalise on the recent spike in online wine sales during the Covid-19 pandemic. With a focus on convenience, when people sign up, they are sent weekly deals on “high-quality discounted wine” via text message to their smartphones. If a particular deal takes a customer’s fancy, they can reply to the text with the number of bottles they’d like, which will be delivered directly to their door. The service is already proving popular – last Friday demand for the daily deal was so high it almost crashed the system. WineText is only available to US residents. Shipping is free if you order 12 bottles or more and costs $6 for all other orders.

Read more at source: The Drinks Business