All oak is not created equal. Here’s why the type of barrel used to age your wine matters and how it impacts what’s in your ...

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 ...

Oak and wine were made for each other. The wood and how it is treated introduces flavors compounds and textures. Oak barrels allow slow oxygenation, which engenders complexity and depth.

A master cooper, or trained maker of barrels and casks, Keller knew no better way to honor the work that goes into making wine than with a giant wine barrel. Easily seen from the roadway ...

Wineries sometimes use a thief – a giant eye-dropper-like device – to draw out and squirt wine from a barrel into a glass. It’s a good way to gauge where a wine is incrementally in the process.