| The average wine barrel effectively ages wine for | | | | Go green in the process by using your barrel for |
| about 5 years. By then, the wine barrel has | | | | catching rain. Wine barrels make great rain barrels |
| imparted its flavorings of oak and is no longer | | | | but they do require care as they must be kept |
| aging and enhancing the wine's bouquet or flavor. | | | | moist and must be kept clean. Cascading water |
| One option to lengthen your oak barrel's aging life | | | | fountains and garden planters are constructed |
| is to shave several layers of oak from the inside | | | | from half barrels and offer unique decor for your |
| of the staves and re-char the wood. This may | | | | home and garden. Barrel troughs are halved |
| extend the life of the barrel up to 10 years yet | | | | lengthwise and can be used as a raised garden |
| the results are not the same as new wood. | | | | bed or a stand up shelf or table in your tasting |
| Another option is to create a new life for your | | | | room or outside patio. The options are endless so |
| barrel. Respectfully retire your oak barrel from a | | | | consider putting your signature on a retired oak |
| life of aging wine to a new life of symbolizing the | | | | barrel! |
| wine tasting lifestyle! | | | | Wine Aging and Wine Tasting go hand in hand. |
| The wine barrel is a historic and fundamental | | | | Imagine a tasting table or a large barrel chair |
| symbol of wine making and offers many | | | | enhancing your deck or patio. Consider the multiple |
| decorative opportunities. Wine barrels can be | | | | uses of a barrel head, with or without the steel |
| crafted into unique furniture pieces to continue to | | | | hoop or band. They can transform into beautiful |
| enhance wine tasting in another dimension! They | | | | serving trays, lazy susans, face clocks or |
| are functional art! Old or new, big or small, they | | | | personalized signs! |
| enhance any wine cellar or tasting room. Oak is | | | | Retired wine barrel staves offer unique decorative |
| durable and its grain evidence of Mother Nature's | | | | choices such as wine racks, stands, candle |
| genius! Give new life to your retired wine barrel. | | | | holders, baskets or more! |