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 ...

The traditional wood for wine barrels, which supplies vanilla, cedar and sometimes butterscotch flavors. Used for red and white wines. Much more expensive than American oak, new French oak barrels can ...

A winemaker has a lot of tools at his or her disposal to make something good out of the crushed grapes, but there is probably nothing as influential as the vessel they use. Stainless steel or ...

American Oak: An alternative to French oak for making barrels in which to age wine. Marked by strong vanilla, dill and cedar notes, it is used primarily for aging Cabernet, Merlot and Zinfandel, for ...

It was then finished in new French fine-grain oak barrels that underwent a very specific toasting and charring procedure, the exact details of which are not revealed. Finally, the whiskey was ...

Now, Michter’s has pushed its barrel-aging boundaries further still with the first release of Bomberger’s PFG Kentucky Straight Bourbon, an experimental expression with French oak that Michter ...

The Experimental Collection launched in 2006 with three whiskeys—French Oak Barrel, Twice Barreled, and Fire Pot Barrel—and over nearly 20 years it has included spirits made using intriguing ...