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 ...

Whether you consider yourself a wine or whiskey aficionado or not, it's undeniable that there is an irresistible charm in the barrels dedicated to these beverages. Crafted from sustainable and ...

It takes two to four centuries to grow the oak tree for a wine barrel. Then, after tree harvest, four, usually more, years to season the wood and the staves. Finally, it is time to turn the staves ...

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 ...

There was a time, years ago, when used wine and bourbon barrels would be burned because they’d be piling up without a purpose. Don Rodarte is doing his part to find another life for the wooden ...

PETOSKEY, Mich,. (WPBN/WGTU) - - Northern Michigan's wineries are bustling with activity as harvest season reaches its peak. At Petoskey Farms Vineyard, Winery, Coffeehouse, and Lavender Farm, the ...