Pabst started experimenting with steel barrels in 1910, and by the 1930s they had become the industry standard. The materials ...

Making a barrel by hand is a precise science ... They don't use glue out of fear it could pollute the wine. The oak must have exactly the right amount of moisture. "No more, no less," said ...

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The business uses between 300 and 400 barrels a year, obtained from local businesses, to build unique products.

Finally, it is time to turn the staves into a wine barrel. Staves are planed into the correct shape, tapered and beveled to fit exactly together. A master cooper—the barrel maker—arranges 30 ...

Napa Valley residents are used to seeing wooden wine barrels: in wine caves, stacked outside warehouses and even cut in half and filled with flowers on neighborhood lawns. Barrels are everywhere ...

the cooper (barrel maker) chars the inside edges of the staves. This final treatment imparts aromas of vanilla, spice and smoke to the wood and then the wine. Char levels include light, medium and ...

Every barrel of Maker’s Mark is carefully rotated by hand — a tradition carried out by the distillery’s warehouse team. The 2025 Wood Finishing Series release, The Keepers Release, pays tribute to ...

But not just any barrel — a foudre. A foudre is a massive wooden vat that impacts and preserves the overall taste of the wine. Making a foudre starts with French oak, a tightly grained wood that ...

A couple who started making furniture out of bourbon barrels ... barrels from a garage sale that would later become a half-barrel wine rack she'd seen on Etsy. The hobby soon became a full-time ...