When it comes to wine and whiskey – especially bourbon – the oak barrel reigns, not just as a container, but also for the ...

Making a barrel by hand is a precise science. And one family business in southern Spain has been perfecting the process since 1975. Tonelería Herfe makes thousands of artisanal wooden barrels for ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Luxury winemakers producing some of the most expensive wine in the world will pay up to $50,000 for a single barrel to age their wine. But not just any barrel — a ...

As a barrel is being constructed, but before the heads at either end are added, the cooper (barrel maker) chars the inside edges of the staves. This final treatment imparts aromas of vanilla, spice ...

Wine Spectator senior editor James Molesworth is in Bordeaux, tasting the 2024 wines from barrel at some of the region's top estates and sharing his tasting notes. His first visits are to châteaus Cos ...