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 foudre. A foudre is a massive wooden ...

Napa Valley residents are used to seeing wooden wine barrels: in wine caves, stacked outside warehouses and even cut in half and filled with flowers on neighborhood lawns. Barrels are everywhere in ...

Winemakers: To oak or not to oak, that is the question. Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, or to take up oak to craft your wine to shake the spheres ...

An increasing number of distilleries are experimenting with aging their whiskey in barrels made from this flavorful variety of oak. One of the key reasons why bourbon tastes like bourbon is that it’s ...

Seth heads to Barrel Oak Winery in Delaplane, VA where he samples a glass of aged Norton wine. Seth Tillman visits BARREL OAK WINERY in Delaplane, Virginia to explore the art of winemaking from vine ...

One aspect of maturation, however, is rarely highlighted. Low-entry barrel proof dramatically impacts a whiskey’s texture and flavor. Below is an overview of the practice and how it shapes a whiskey.

With the heat turned up here in the high country, I got to thinking about the chilly wine caves and barrel rooms I have had the opportunity to explore over the years. The cool, dry 55° air, the ...