Luxury winemakers producing some of the most expensive wine in the world will pay up to $50,000 for a single barrel to age their wine. But not just any barrel — a foudre. A foudre is a massive wooden ...

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 ...

Seth heads to Barrel Oak Winery in Delaplane, VA where he samples a glass of aged Norton wine. Seth Tillman visits BARREL OAK WINERY in Delaplane, Virginia to explore the art of winemaking from vine ...

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 ...

This story is from an installment of The Oeno Files, our weekly insider newsletter to the world of fine wine. Sign up here. It’s been said that right behind grapes, wood is the second most important ...