Rioja’s identity has long been tied to American oak. Now French oak, concrete, and amphorae are reshaping the region.

Glass of whisky cognac or bourbon in ornamental glass next to a vinatge wooden barrel on a rustic wood and dark background. Whiskey is more than just a blend of grains and water. It is a spirit that ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Berlin, Ohio, June 18, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Celebrating two decades of innovation, artistry, and entrepreneurial grit, The Oak Barrel Company is marking its 20th anniversary as a business rooted ...

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 ...

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 the workbench, the flask in the deer stand, the bottle on the shelf that onl ...

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 ...