Napa Valley residents are used to seeing wooden wine barrels ... from European and American oak, using age-old techniques for curing wood and bending staves into the distinctive containers ...

such as wine or oil. The name IANVARIVS is scratched lengthwise on exterior of one stave, possibly the merchant or owner of the barrel. The barrel head and surrounding staves are made out of oak ...

Napa Valley residents are used to seeing wooden wine barrels ... from European and American oak, using age-old techniques for curing wood and bending staves into the distinctive containers ...

After the wood for a barrel is cut and dried, the cooper heats the wood while shaping it into a barrel. Steam, natural gas, boiling water, the burning of oak ... wooden staves into a barrel shape is ...

The staves are the strips of bent ... Every Time Along with material (French white oak, etc.), the size and shape of the barrel in which a wine is aged can make a significant difference on the ...

Cooperages 1912, a subsidiary of Independent Stave Company, is pleased to announce the appointment of Richard Shelton ...

A cornerstone of the the Baccarat Bar's offerings is its Maker’s Mark private barrel program, which features a ...

The wine is aged on a blend of French and American oak staves. Oak staves are the planks of wood that make up sides of the barrel. This is basically a cheaper way to get some oak influence in your ...

the whiskey is then finished in barrels made of fine-grained French oak from several different forests within the region, including Tronçais, Allier, Nevers, and Vosges. Beyond that, the staves ...