Merrimack + Stranahan’s Blue Peak Canoe is custom-built from barrel staves, metal hoops, and lids into a 14 foot, six inch, Tennessean Tandem/Solo canoe, one of the company’s signature designs.

The last place you might expect to discover a monument to American whiskey is in an overgrown field in the idyllic countryside of Speyside, Scotland. But if you follow a path up a woody hill, ...

If you have visited any winery, you most likely observed that used oak barrels, strategically placed to lend atmosphere and reinforce the notion that you are at a place that makes wine.

When it comes to wine and whiskey – especially bourbon – the oak barrel reigns, not just as a container, but also for the ...

Bourbon wouldn’t be bourbon without new, charred American oak barrels — that’s actually written into U.S. law, and that’s where bourbon gets its signature flavor and deep amber color. Oak barrels are ...

A new luxury cabernet sauvignon from Tuscany, which was aged in specially designed marble amphorae, shows how trends and fashion continue to influence wine production. Fuori Marmo 2019 spent two years ...

There’s something about a barrel room in a winery. On the surface, it’s just a giant room filled with a bunch of identical wooden barrels stacked in rows. That alone can be an impressive sight, but ...

LAST AUGUST, sweet, toasty aromas reminiscent of burning leaves wafted through the air at the Northwest Wine Academy in South Seattle. While members of the Fidelitas Red Mountain wine club looked on, ...

Say the word "winery" and many people may envision a cool, dimly lit space filled with wooden barrels - each holding 800 gallons or so - giving the liquid inside time to mellow, develop complexity and ...