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2. The Oak Cooperage - Wikipedia

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   The Oak Cooperage (formerly known as A&K Cooperage) is a Missouri-based oak barrel-making company, established in 1972. It is based in Higbee, Missouri. [1] [2] They provide wine barrels to several notable companies, including Silver Oak Cellars, who purchased half of the company in 2000. They make white American oak barrels, air-dried between ...

3. Oak (wine) - Wikipedia

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   The size of the barrel plays a large role in determining the effects of oak on the wine by dictating the ratio of surface area to volume of wine with smaller containers having a larger impact. The most common barrels are the Bordeaux style barrel, which holds 225 litres (59 US gal), followed by the Burgundy style barrel, which holds 228 litres ...

4. Barrel - Wikipedia

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   Traditional oak barrels made by Chilean cooperage Tonelería Nacional Mackmyra barrels at Häckeberga Castle Modern stainless steel casks and kegs outside the Castle Rock microbrewery in Nottingham, England Wooden wine barrel at an exhibition in Croatia. A barrel or cask is a hollow cylindrical container with a bulging center, longer than it is ...

5. English wine cask units - Wikipedia

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   The major wine producing countries use barrels extensively and have developed standards at variance with the traditional English volumes: examples include a hogshead of 300 L (66 imp gal; 79 US gal), a barrique of 220 L (48 imp gal; 58 US gal) (Bordeaux), a barrel of 225 L (49 imp gal; 59 US gal) (Australia), a barrel of 230 L (51 imp gal; 61 ...

6. What Does 'Old Vine' Wine Mean, and Is It Really Better Than ...

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   Some changes may be to modify the maceration of the juice and skins, or perhaps to adjust the duration of oak barrel aging. In the end, the wine’s acidity, tannic structure, and style are all ...

7. Barbera - Wikipedia

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   Since 2000, it has been possible to produce Barbera d'Asti Superiore, for which the wine must have an alcoholic strength of at least 12.5% by volume, and be aged for at least 14 months, 6 months of which stored in oak or chestnut barrels. Many superior producers refine it in small oak barriques to obtain a rounder taste.