Written by Martha Cisneros Paja How Many Bottles are in a Barrel of Wine? A Guide to Yield, Oak, and Upcycling Wine-making is a delicate process that involves several factors, and the vessel chosen for aging is perhaps the most influential “silent ingredient” in a winemaker’s toolkit. While the type of barrel used —traditionally French […]
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What’s the relationship between vineyard and forest? Does one need the other? I’m not thinking of plant communities and root-system interactions – but chainsaws biting 100-year-old trunks to create tuns, barriques, staves and chips. Where are we with wine and oak? Raw new wine can be exciting (hence the heurige or ‘this year’ traditions of […]
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Even in well-versed wine circles, oak will often boil down to one question: new or old? But in the last few centuries, oak barrels have evolved. These days winemakers and other industry pros dig into the nitty gritty details. Is it thick or thin grain? Lightly toasted or heavily charred? Is it larger or smaller […]
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