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

Malolactic fermentation is a naturally occurring process in wine. It helps to tame astringency in red wines and can offer ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

How about lessons in wine making. WSJLive's Wendy Bounds learns the step by step task of making a barrel of wine at the city Winery in New York. Trump Wants to End the Education Department.

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 ...

Of course, the amount of time the wine spends in the barrel can make a big difference. Wines will age in barrel anywhere from ...

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 ...