Just as great wine is a product of the vineyard, exceptional wine barrels start in the forest. Continuing a tradition that has been in practice for two millennia, the artisans at Tonnellerie ...

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.

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.