As a final part of the cooperage process, a fire is lit under the upturned barrel and this is what gives toasted flavours to a wood-aged Chardonnay. |
The maturation of whiskeys falls into two categories, according to whether storage is in new or reused cooperage. |
They are necessary so that we can increase our annual output of poles, pilings, cooperage and veneer. |
It is also possible to visit a large cooperage, and watch the process of making barrels. |
He started as a teenager working for his family's wooden barrel plant, a historical cooperage that the logger is now trying to convert into a working museum. |
Earlier bottling of white wines reduces costs for storage and for handling in wooden cooperage and produces fresher, fruitier flavour. |