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Take advantage of the 25% off sale ending 6/15 on Amédée French Oak Chips for For Harvest!   Shipping from Missouri and California, these chips are top quality and available now.
Reach out to place an order now. Harvest may be early! It may be late? This is something that never changes. Climate change is real. This is not an attempt to politicize it. The point is that there is no "normal" in weather anymore. So to hedge our position and keep the likes of you happy about delivery times, we are moving up the deadline for you to place an order for some of the barrels out of our shipment to Virginia.
Please act now. "Hi Joe, Myself and my entire team absolutely LOVE the hopper! It’s a game-changer for sure. Should have purchased this years ago but, you know hindsight. Anyway, it works perfectly and allows us to process fruit way more quickly and easily and yields much better results through the destemmer. Win all around. Let me know if you ever need me for a reference on this unit. Cheers, Rich" Richard Olsen-Harbich Winemaker Bedell Cellars  The Barrel Associates family includes their American Oak barrels (under their name) offered in water bent, fire bent, or a combination method (“Deep Toast”) wherein the lingen in the barrel is broken down due to the more effective migration of the heat. Once the hot water saturation step from the water bending is done, they go straight to the fire for shaping on the Deep Toast method. I compare this to a wet dish towel on a hot casserole- surprising how well the heat travels! With this makes the American wood taste much more like French because the lactone is diminished and the tannin remains. These are a great, cost- effective barrel.
D&J (Dargaud et Jeagle) are the absolute top of the California Pinot Barrel “Cult Barrel” heap. Started in Beaujolais over 100 years ago, the reputation for gentle, polished, classy barrels which lift fruit, gently support the middle, and add a more linear finish is all due to the strict wood culling/ aging, the water bending process. These barrels are perfect for Old World style, Burgundian, or balanced but not bombastic wines. These are offered in forests or house recipe Selections. I trust the Selections, because Climate Change is happening whether its political or not. D&J is known and touted by customers for being absolutely consistent. Quality control is the top priority. And the appearance shows it. Vallaurine is what happens when the Jeagle family, engineers by trade build a custom cooperage facility replete with special machines designed by them. Vallaurine are fire bent barrels, but as different from a smoke & spice bomb fire bent French as you will find. Again, very gentle for what it is. These are VERY interesting, in that we offer regional barrels under this name. The two prevailing species of French white oak are represented here in geographical designations called Rive Gauche and Rive Droite. One lifts the fruit a little more; One rounds out the wine a little more. Both are great standard French, fire bent barrels. These are as beautiful to look at as they are to smell. Both of these French brands are toasted much less than their competition. Our medium toast looks like the next guy’s light. When you start with the best wood, you don’t need to hide it with char. I wasn’t selling these brands back in the old days. I took over the East for these guys in 2020 (just in time!). It has been great to sell these barrels with the support I get from Barrel Associates. Cloak and Dagger? Maybe. Legal? Yes. PSSSSSST! Hey!- I'm a wine guy at heart. But I can talk to you until either one of is exhausted about how much I love rum, like tequila, and can appreciate a good Rye. None of that matters. But IF the title to this blog entry got your attention, you are probably a Distiller. And you should know about this: Oak Extracts for Spirits Aging, Repair and Finishing  Why? Because it's as natural as the barrels you use, totally organic, and it works to repair, preserve, and improve the good stuff (Bourbon, Whiskey, Rye, Rum, Brandy, etc, etc., etc.) you already made.
How would you like to compensate for that not so great batch of barrels you got? Would you like to sell a product that seems like it was aged a lot longer in a lot less time? With our oak extract, you can dial in the exact aspects of the barrel flavors that you want with razor sharp precision. Interested? Text "Hooch" to 607-426-0434. Let me know to call you from a secure location.
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Don't be caught unawares.. The next time you slip into paying attention to a sales pitch about why someone else's corks are SUPER reliable, be warned. Be aware of the market. We have every product made every way in the cork family. Click here to see more about our processes.  Seasoned, Grizzled, Salty, Veteran of Winemaking turned Academic, Drew Horton joins Joe to discuss the wonderful and amazing Carlsen Positive Displacement Pump versus the alternatives for pumping must or moving wines.  Sometimes a different set of eyes Most typically, when we get that call from the person who is looking to start a winery, I wonder if they have seen our How to Start a Winery page. Here is an easier way to get a lot of that same information: The Enotools University podcast.  |
 
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