The alarm clock hasn’t even gone off yet and half the country is already thinking about bourbon. It’s in the coffee mug on ...

Say the word "winery" and many people may envision a cool, dimly lit space filled with wooden barrels - each holding 800 gallons or so - giving the liquid inside time to mellow, develop complexity and ...

Learn how foods, condiments, spiced and more get aged or smoked in bourbon barrels — plus, what makes these ingredients so ...

There’s something about a barrel room in a winery. On the surface, it’s just a giant room filled with a bunch of identical wooden barrels stacked in rows. That alone can be an impressive sight, but ...

For centuries, oak has been the winemaker’s and distiller’s collaborator, quietly transforming clear spirits and young wines into something worth savoring. Here’s how the magic unfolds.

Walk into almost any wine-tasting room on the planet and they will be there: wine barrels. They may be stacked over there by a wall or set on their tails with a piece of glass across the top making ...

MOREHEAD, Ky - Barrel manufacturing giant Independent Stave Co. (ISC) will build a $66.5 million cooperage in Northern Kentucky, creating 220 jobs. With both a stave mill and a cooperage in the region ...

SALEM, Mo. — Standing on a wooded hillside in the Ozarks, about 100 miles southwest of St. Louis, Brad Boswell watches a chain-saw-wielding logger make several deft cuts at the base of a 100-foot ...