Hi! I'm Hogan and I love wine. I used to go out with my friends here in San Diego and would consistently order wine at the bars. I never thought this would be an issue, but it quickly turned into the same negative reactions. Bartenders wouldn't be happy about opening a whole bottle of wine for me, they'd have to pour it into a glass and I would be on the dance floor literally holding up a glass of wine. I would ALWAYS ask "is there no canned option?" and there never was.
There was also a huge social standard when drinking wine at these bars.. I had multiple people make comments like "Ohhh you're too fancy to drink beer?" NO! I'm actually the OPPOSITE of fancy! This is when the PNKYS idea really sparked. Why did wine have to be so sophisticated? Why was society so caught up on only drinking wine in certain settings? (dinners, dates, etc).
I created PNKYS to break that mold, break the fancy notion that comes with wine and create a tasty beverage that ANYONE can enjoy ANYWHERE they want. We're breaking the fancy pinky (pnky) over here - we prefer our pinkies down when we drink our wine. Cheers!