"Designed as a 'perfect no glass option', the non-vintage wine (3.5*) released in late 2018 is a low alcohol (8.5 per cent by volume) style, packaged in a slim 250ml can. Highly aromatic, it is strongly varietal, with appetising acidity and fresh, punchy passionfruit, lime and green capsicum flavours. By offering greater body and flavour depth, it's superior to most other low alcohol Sauvignon Blancs" Michael Cooper

Toi Toi Wines has launched Toi Toi 8.5, its first low-alcohol wine in a can just in time for the summer and Christmas holidays. The award-winning, family owned New Zealand brand developed the slim line Sauvignon Blanc in response to growing customer demand for conveniently packaged, naturally lower alcohol drinks.

The cans are 250ml, the size of two small glasses of wine. They contain 8.5% alcohol, significantly less than the 13% usually found in white wines, making Toi Toi 8.5 New Zealand’s lowest alcohol wine in a can.

Toi Toi 8.5 is blended from 40% Toi Toi Reserve Sauvignon Blanc and 60% Toi Toi Sauvignon Blanc. The reserve wine lifted the Perpetual Trophy for the Best Sauvignon Blanc Wine at the 2018 Sydney International Wine Competition last month. There have been no cutting corners with the lighter Toi Toi 8.5 – only the most premium wines have been used from the brand’s sustainable Marlborough vineyards.

Being environmentally conscious, the winemaker has used the best materials for their cans which make them recycleable, light and unbreakable, and can be easily cooled. This is the perfect no glass option. The cans are protected by VINSAFE, a patented technology that has a can lining that uses nitrogen to eliminate any oxygenation of the wine or aluminium taint. Additionally, they are impermeable to oxygen and light.