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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 into a wine barrel.
Staves are planed into the correct shape, tapered and...
Published 11/12/24
This is the weekly column
Wine is an agricultural product. Hardly an earth-shattering revelation. But consider its scope. Not just wine vines, as essential as they may be, but in many cases—trees.
Wine and wood have a marriage dating back millions of years. Wine vines are tree climbers, a...
Published 11/05/24