America has few commodities it can call its own, and bourbon is one of them. Experts know that real bourbon is all about the barrel, and it doesn't happen overnight. In fact, the wood aging process ...

BAMBERG, S.C. (AP) — The sound of hammers banging and machines humming fills the workshop of Bamberg’s Black Water Barrels. Some employees are busy working the wood through the milling process while ...

When Douglas Rennie and Andy Byars first started learning the art of coopering as young men in Scotland, everyone around them thought it was a terrible mistake. There was no machinery or electricity ...

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KASOTA, Minn. — The creation of a wine barrel is a slow, measured dance between wood, cooper and fire. Minnesota Grape Growers Association members got to observe this dance first-hand during a barrel ...

Russ Karasch opened a plastic bag filled with strips of wood the color of the best part of a piece of toast. “Smell this,” he said. The aroma was intoxicatingly comforting, like roasting a chocolatey ...